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Official Number
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Official Number
78752 |
The George Bewley was an iron barque built by Williamson & Son at Harrington, launched December, 1877. She was registered at Liverpool. At the time of her loss in 1884 she was owned by John Herron, of Tower-buildings, Liverpool.
The George Bewley was sunk by collision with the steamship Cormorant in May 1884.
The barque was bound from Liverpool for Antofagasta, Chile,
with a coal cargo and a crew of 13, under the command of Captain Hammond.
At 2.15 am on Sunday night, 11th May 1884, the George Bewley was off the Tuskar
light on the Irish coast, sailing in a light breeze at about three knots
in hazy conditions. She was sounding her foghorn, and heard the whistle
of a steamship ahead. The sailing ship kept her course and the steamer
attempted to change course too late. The George Bewley was struck
on her starboard side, being cut right into the main hatch, and she sank
within six minutes, with the loss of three of her crew. The Cormorant
belonged to the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, and was carrying passengers
from Cork to Liverpool. Since she was also badly damaged in the collision,
these 22 passengers were taken off by another steamer, the Avoca,
bound from Dublin to London, together with the ten survivors from the barque.
All were landed at Falmouth the following day. A court case subsequently
judged that the Cormorant was solely to blame for the collision.
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