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Wasdale | Official Number
84165 |
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Wasdale | Official Number
84165 |
The second Wasdale built by the Whitehaven
Ship Building Company for the Dale
Line was launched in September 1881, three years after the first Wasdale had
been lost off Cape Horn. Like her predecessor she was a full-rigged
ship. Her maiden voyage was from Liverpool to Melbourne under the
command of Capt.Kelly. She arrived in February 1882, then went to
Newcastle to load a coal cargo for San Francisco. She returned to Liverpool with a cargo of wheat. A subsequent voyage
from San Francisco to Liverpool was reported as follows:
The North Australian, Friday, 1st May 1885;
" A TERRIBLE VOYAGE - Report of Wasdale, from San Francisco, at Liverpool :-" Sailed
4th October, 58 days to Cape Horn, 95 to equator. A succession of light
winds, calm and very fine weather prevailing. A slow, tedious time
until reaching 26N, 38W, when terrific weather set in - nothing but
gale after gale from N.W. to N.N.W., with lightning and squalls, and a
heavy sea to make progress against until 200 miles N.E. of St.Michael's. On January 30 it settled into a fearful gale from N.W.;
had. to heave-to for eight hours, when wind backed from N.W. to W.S.W.,
barometer falling from 29 29in to 29in. From 8 a.m. till 2 p.m it saw a
hurricane; ship lying buried to the main hatch, and apparently
capsizing. All hands in the hold carrying cargo to windward; from noon
till 2 p.m. thunder and lightning and rain, more resembling a typhoon
than a straight gale. Kept using oil on the sea with wonderful effect.
At 4 p.m. kept the ship on her course, a heavy N.N.W. gale blowing,
which continued all the.way to soundings, with a heavy N.W. sea
running, throwing great strain on the ship, having to carry a press of
sail to get to the northward; decks constantly full of water, Arrived
in the Mersey on Sunday, February 8, after a passage of 127 days, all
well. "
When the Dale Line was dispersed in 1899 she was retained under the management of Capt.William Kelly. However, within a year she had been sold on to Trinder, Anderson & Co. In 1906 she was owned by A/S Wasdale (N.A.Lydersen), Tvedestrand, Norway.
On the 13th January 1917 the Wasdale left Horta (Fayal, Azores) bound for Dublin. On the 3rd February 1917 she was sunk by a German submarine, the crew being rescued by the Dutch steamship Samarinda.
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100 years A1, Special Survey |
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