Title
Bessie, Liverpool Steam Collier, Wrecked in Carbis Bay, November 18th 1893
Subject
Brigantine
Shipwreck
Wreck
Description
Bessie was on passage from Cardiff to Portland with a cargo of coal, when it became caught in a gale on the night of 18 November 1893.
Bessie hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and fortunately floated off and was carried by the wind and tide to the eastern side of the river.[148] Bessie later became high and dry on Hayle Bar and her cargo and rigging were removed in an attempt to refloat her
It was one of five vessels wrecked off St. Ives during the gale. The Times newspaper reported on 20 November 1893, 'Painful and exciting scenes were witnessed in St. Ives Bay, Cornwall, on Saturday, when three steamers which had taken shelter in the bay from the terrific gale were wrecked, and a fourth was also driven ashore...The captains of the Bessie and Vulture ran their steamers ashore, and, amid the cheers of excited spectators, the crews of both were saved by the coastguard and their apparatus.' The Bessie subsequently broke up.
Description from National Maritime Museum Online Collections Archive and The Cornishman Newspaper, November 14 1893.
Bessie hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and fortunately floated off and was carried by the wind and tide to the eastern side of the river.[148] Bessie later became high and dry on Hayle Bar and her cargo and rigging were removed in an attempt to refloat her
It was one of five vessels wrecked off St. Ives during the gale. The Times newspaper reported on 20 November 1893, 'Painful and exciting scenes were witnessed in St. Ives Bay, Cornwall, on Saturday, when three steamers which had taken shelter in the bay from the terrific gale were wrecked, and a fourth was also driven ashore...The captains of the Bessie and Vulture ran their steamers ashore, and, amid the cheers of excited spectators, the crews of both were saved by the coastguard and their apparatus.' The Bessie subsequently broke up.
Description from National Maritime Museum Online Collections Archive and The Cornishman Newspaper, November 14 1893.
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
17-11-1893
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
COLLINS.027B
Coverage
Carbis Bay, St Ives