Hartlepool History Then & Now

Remembrance - a general history

Official No. 1944; Code Letters HMCP.

Owners: William Watson, Hartlepool; 1867 Mrs Mary Ann Watson, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1848-50 William Watson; June 1850-53 Henry Anderson (C.N. 2684); July 1853 John Clark; October 1853 Andrew Smith; January 1854-58 George Potter; 1858-64 T Swindon; 1864-65 John Bullock; 1875 W Cotton.

Voyages: 1850-54 Hartlepool for London; November 1854 from Constantinople for Hull; 1 April 1865 she was in collision between Spurn Point & the Dudgeon off Cromer with the Robert & Alexander of Barnstaple. During the impact the master, John Bullock of West Hartlepool, was washed overboard & drowned. Remembrancesuffered considerable damage & in charge of the mate, Thomas Morris, was towed to London at a cost of £145.

Bound from Hartlepool for Wismar with a cargo of coal & a crew of eight Remembrance went ashore & became waterlogged at Lyngen near Warberg on 27 April 1875. No lives were lost. A tug tried to get her off but was unsuccessful.

Life lost April 1865:

Bullock, John, master, West Hartlepool