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Official Number
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Official Number
76136 |
The Brier Holme was an barque built at Sunderland by J.L.Thompson & Son in 1876. She was owned by Maryport's Holme Line (Hine Brothers), and was registered at that port. She spent her career in the trade to Australia and New Zealand.
In 1882 a Maryport newspaper advertised her forthcoming departure from Maryport for Adelaide, with vacancies for first-class passengers. Her commander was Capt.John Johnstone (see Source 2).
The Brier Holme departed from London for Hobart, Tasmania, under the command of Capt.J.H.Rich, on the 21st July 1904. She failed to arrive and was posted "Missing" at Lloyd's in November. In early January the discovery of wreckage on the SW Tasmanian coast led to a search for the vessel, and a single survivor, a Danish seaman named Oscar Larsen, was found. The Brier Holme had stranded on a reef N of Port Davey in severe weather on the 5th November, eventually losing her main and mizzen masts. The battering of the sea against the hull then caused some dynamite, part of her general cargo, to explode, destroying the vessel and killing most of the crew. Larsen was thrown into the sea and was washed ashore, surviving on ship's stores for three months. The number of crew lost is given in different references as between 17 and 20. The list of names below is from a photo in Source 6, of a memorial tablet at St.Paul's Church, Dock Street, London.
To the Glory of God, and in memory of the following officers and men
of the barque Brier Holme,
which was lost near Port Davey, Tasmania, on the 5th November 1904,
with all hands, save one.
This tablet is erected by the boarders of the Sailors' Home.
John H.Rich, Master
Robert Disney, 1st Mate, Ernest Jas.Millett, 2nd Mate,
John Pollard, Victor Anderson, W.Miller, A.Rydberg, Philip Canivet,
Alexander Coull, William Dobie, M.Friersen, George Tarbett,
Apprentices Edward Sadler, Philip Dulling, Ernest Cecil Blaker,
Richard A.C.Saunders, William Arnold, James A.F.Howell,
"Until the day Break"
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