More information : Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions ESE force 6. (1)(4)
Sources (1) and (4), based on (2) and (3), express the vessel's port of registry as Mariehamn and her cargo as firewood.
Translated from the original Swedish of the source:
'Loss of a Finnish ship. Two people dead.
'By telegram from London: The Russian vessel ANNA PRECHT with iron, has been lost near Yarmouth. Two of the crew drowned, six were saved.
'ANNA PRECHT belonged to Foglo in Aland. The vessel was barque-rigged, 397.74 tons net, built in Germany 1875, and 37.50m long by 8.64 wide x 5.28m draught. Her chief owner was M A Holmstrom.
'The ANNA PRECHT, captained by K E Jansson, was en route from Borga [the old name for Porvoo] for Yarmouth, and had arrived at Copenhagen on the 28th August last.' (5)
The nationality of the vessel has been expressed as both Russian and Finnish, since the modern state of Finland was a former Grand Duchy belonging to Russia. (6)
Built: 1875 (1)(4)(5)
Builder: H Dierling (1)(4)
Where Built: Damgarten (1)(4); Germany (5)
Master: K E Jansson (1)(4)(5)
Crew: 12 (1)(4); 8 (5)
Crew Lost: 2 (1)(4)(5)
Owner: M A Holstrom, Degerty, Finland (1)(4); M A Holmstrom (5)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
LR.1905-6 No.772(A) |