Jan 20th 1877,
The British King, Liverpool ship of 1,700 sailed from Sheilds on May 28th last for San Francisco, laden with coals. On 28th June she was spoken in lat 5N, long 26W, four days later in lat 11s, long 26W. At this time there were rough seas. The ship had to double Cape Horn, no intelligence has been received of her. Since then she has been reinsured at over 80%.
She was a fine iron ship owned by the British Shipowners Co of Liverpool and built in 1869, launched under the name of GLENSANNOX. She was classed A1, and 20yrs, red letter in the Liverpool register. The managing owner is Mr James BEASLEY of Liverpool.
Her crew list :-
Capt N. W. RUTTER, Liverpool, master
John LONGHURST, Birkenhead, mate
James HAWARD, Liverpool, 2nd mate
J. C. DOYLE, Greystones, Wicklow, 3rd mate
William BLACKSHALL, Aberdeen, carpenter
James O’BRIEN, Liverpool, carpenter
John GIBBONS, St Lucia, cook
John BELLS, North Shields, boatswain
William COOKE, Liverpool, sail maker
Able seamen
Carl DAHLMAN, Prussia
John ELFFEN, Hamburg
John BECK, Manchester
A. M. NILSEN, Norway
William FRISK, Penzance
Duncan MATHESON, Inverness
Charles HANOVER, Demerara
George BUSH, Paisley
James BAXTER, Edinburgh
Barcey BRADY, Belfast
Ludwig KRIERSEN, Norway
Henry ORTEN, Essex
M. PERSEN, Malmo
Peter JOHNSEN, Sweden
W. CARR, Whitehaven
Ordinary seamen
Henry LAVERY, Widnes
R. HARRISON, North Shields
Alexander DARNELL, North Shields
William JAMIESON, Dundee
Alexander HENDERSON, Dundee
Apprentices
H. Napier AYRTON, North Shields
F. WITT, North Shields
Louis Napoleon SMITH, Liverpool
R. S. HORRIDGE, Liverpool
Copyright 2002 / To date