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Comet - a general history

Official No. 51098: Code Letters HSMF: three masts; wood schooner; felt sheathed in yellow metal;

Owners: 1865 J Petrie, Montrose; 1875-83 James Warrack & Co, Montrose; by 1885 Montrose Commercial Co, Montrose; by 1888-89 David Baxter, Montrose; 1891 James & JR Mitchell, Montrose; 1896 William Brunton (Leith) Montrose;  1897 Stephen W Furness (West Hartlepool) Montrose; 1898 Dixon Taylor Sharper (West Hartlepool) Montrose.

Masters: 1865-74 W Petrie; 1880-85 D Davidson; 1887 Allan; 1891-96 J Mukart; 1899-1901 Edward Wilyman.

Bound from Hartlepool for Portsmouth with a cargo of coal & a crew of nine Comet sprang a leak & put into Bridlington Bay for assistance but sank at the entrance to Bridlington Harbour on 17 February 1901. One life lost.

Life lost 1901:

Robson, Charles, 30, Whitby

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