An item
dated London, England 17th reported
that the British steel built bark Musselcrag of 1.870 tons entered Holyhead
with heavy damaged boats, deck and so on and with the loss of her sails. She
left Port Talbot, Wales, England
on the 14th towards the South American coast. She arrived together
with the French 4-mast Nord underway from Port Talbot towards Iquique, Chile
with similar damage.(1)
Note
1. IMO
106792. Gross register tonnage 1.985 tons and as dimensions 81,1 x 12,2 x 7,2 metres. Built with
yard number 126 by Hamilton Wm.&Co., Glasgow
Scotland for account of
Corsar, Liverpool, Scotland in 1892. 1910-1913 owned
by Bech Alexander&Co., Norway, owned by Monsen E., Tvedestrand, Norway
until 1916 and finally by Heinstein Thv.B.B. Sonner, Kristiansand, Norway as
the Astrella. Abandoned by her crew on 19 December 1916 when underway from Leith, England
towards Montevideo, Uruguay after loosing her rigging
and set on fire.