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| November 10th | The Wreck of the "Blue Jacket" |
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On this day in 1898, the ‘Blue Jacket’ was found, unbelievably, wrecked on the rocks of the Longships lighthouse. Having carried a cargo of railway sleepers from Danzig to Plymouth it had set off again, empty, towards Cardiff to collect its return cargo of coal. After navigating the Lizard Point, it headed towards the Land’s End with two men on watch and intending to pass between the coast and the rocks. By the morning of this day in 1898, the bow ended up on the rocks with the hull ripped apart and with a 20-foot gash on her port side. The blame for the wreck was assigned wholly and fully to the captain whose maritime licence was suspended, but only for six months. Thankfully, the entire crew survived due to their rescue by the Sennen lifeboat. |
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