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Saturday, 14 September 2019

British troop transport Ismore wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 5 December 1899

An item dated London 3 December reported that according to the Department of War the transport Ismore with on board a field battery and part of the 10th regiment hussars struck the rocks of St. Helena Bay the same day.(1) The troops ware safely disembarked the horses however were still on board. The warships Doris and Niobe and the transport Columbian were supporting. The newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 December confirmed this item. The edition dated 6 December of the latter newspaper reported that most of the guns on board were landed just like the horses but that the ship was broken into two pieces. The edition dated 9 December reported that just three horses were saved, which swum self to the shore.

In the newspaper Goessche Courant dated 28 December was reported that the investigation was completed. The ship was driven by an unknown current to the rocks. Her master was suspended for six months and the steersman who had the waiting was scolded because he did not use the probe when they came closer to the shore despite the misty weather.

Note
1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.