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Ten
Ships Ashore
26th
January 1860
During a storm with heavy
snow showers ten light vessels
went ashore at the North Cheek,
Robin Hood's Bay, all the crews
were saved. A company of twenty
carpenters, under the direction
of Capt. John Marshall of Bay,
were contracted to refloat them.
| "Earl
of Bathurst" of
Hartlepool |
Got
Safely to Whitby |
Paid
£150 |
| "William
Watson" of
Hartlepool |
Got
Safely to Whitby |
Paid
£250 |
| "Emily"
Shields & "Veronica"
Scarb. |
Got
Safely to Whitby |
Paid
£205 |
| "The
Swan" of Sunderland |
Got
Safely to Whitby |
Paid
£300 |
The "Miriam" of Sunderland
was sold for £300 but became a wreck as did
the "Marion" and the "Clemence".
Of the "Hebe" and the "Athens"
from South Shields nothing is known.
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