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Dove | Official Number
54540 |
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Dove | Official Number
54540 |
The ketch Dove was built at Kingston in 1866 and was owned by Barrow's James Fisher from her launch until her loss four years later.
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday, 4th September 1870;
" The schooner Dove, of Barrow, was sunk on Arklow
bank on Thursday night, and the crew of four men and the master's wife
had to take refuge in the rigging, where they remained all night, the
poor woman having nothing on but her nightdress. As soon as the wreck
was discovered on Friday morning the Arklow lifeboat was launched, and
after a hard struggle it was fortunately enabled to rescue the five
poor creatures, who were in a very exhausted state. They had to be
dragged through the surf to the boat. The Arklow lifeboat has been the
means during the past few years of saving 88 lives from different
wrecks."
The Dove was bound from Morecambe to Newport with a cargo of pig iron, and was driven onto the bank in a heavy SW gale. The lifeboat filled with seawater several times during the rescue, and the high risk run by the crew was recognised by the RNLI, who awarded the coxswain, John Cummins, their silver medal.
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