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Jasper | Official Number
58196 |
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Jasper | Official Number
58196 |
The Jasper was the second iron vessel built by the Whitehaven
Shipbuilding Company,
and was launched on the 28th October 1871. She was a barquentine, owned
by George Nelson and registered at Whitehaven for the whole of her
career. She was wrecked at Morocco in December 1886.
The Times, Monday, 3rd January 1887, page 6;
"DISASTERS AT SEA : ........ The Tasmania also brought
home Captain Jenkin, of the barquentine Eos, 160 tons register,
of Aberystwith, owned by Mr.J.Enos, of Porth, Cardiganshire; Captain Evans,
of the barquentine Arabella, of Carnarvon, 135 tons register, owned
by Mr.Owen Lloyd, of Portmadoc; Captain Davis, of the schooner Polly
Mitchell, of Swansea, 99 tons register, owned by Mr. Richard Mitchell,
of Britonferry; William Owens, mate of the schooner Excelsior, of
Aberystwith, 99 tons register, owned by Mr.Morgan Owens, of Aberystwith;
and Captain Thomas, of the barquentine Jasper, of Whitehaven, 188
tons register, owned by Mr.George Nelson, of Whitehaven, whose vessels
were wrecked in Sarli Bay, Morocco. All the vessels were lying at anchor
in ballast or were loading beans or maize at the time. On Saturday, December
18, a heavy south-south-west gale sprang up, and, increasing in force,
raged with great violence throughout the following day. The vessels either
broke away from their moorings or parted their cables, and were driven
ashore, as also were two German vessels, the schooner Johannah and
the dandy Helena. All the ships may be termed total wrecks, as they
lie embedded to a depth of about ten feet in sand, and most of them are
seriously damaged through driving against each other before striking. All
the crews were saved by ropes from the shore."
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