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'''''Loch Sloy''''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] sailing [[barque]] that operated between [[Great Britain]] and [[Australia]] from the late 1800s until 1899.<ref name=Lubbock/> Her name was drawn from [[List of lochs in Scotland|Loch Sloy]], a [[freshwater]] lake which lies to the north of the [[Burgh]] of [[Helensburgh]], in the region of [[Argyll and Bute]], [[Scotland]].<ref>The Ships List (2006). [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/loch.htm ''Glasgow Shipping Company: Loch Line'']. Retrieved on 9 August 2008.</ref> |
'''''Loch Sloy''''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] sailing [[barque]] that operated between [[Great Britain]] and [[Australia]] from the late 1800s until 1899.<ref name=Lubbock/> Her name was drawn from [[List of lochs in Scotland|Loch Sloy]], a [[freshwater]] lake which lies to the north of the [[Burgh]] of [[Helensburgh]], in the region of [[Argyll and Bute]], [[Scotland]].<ref>The Ships List (2006). [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/loch.htm ''Glasgow Shipping Company: Loch Line'']. Retrieved on 9 August 2008.</ref> |
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In the early hours of 24 April 1899, ''Loch Sloy'' overran her distance when trying to pick up the light at [[Cape Borda]] and was wrecked on Brothers Rocks, about 300 metres from shore off [[Kangaroo Island]], [[South Australia]]. Of the 34 passengers and crew on board, there were only four survivors, one who died from injuries and [[Hypothermia|exposure]] shortly afterwards.<ref name=Hocking/><ref name=Kangaroo/> |
In the early hours of 24 April 1899, ''Loch Sloy'' overran her distance when trying to pick up the light at [[Cape Borda]] and was wrecked on Brothers Rocks, about 300 metres from shore off [[Kangaroo Island]], [[South Australia]]. Of the 34 passengers and crew on board, there were only four survivors, one who died from injuries and [[Hypothermia|exposure]] shortly afterwards.<ref name=Hocking/>Kangaroo Island <ref name=Kangaroo>Kangaroo Island Shipwreck Trail (2008). [http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/pdfs/shipwreck_loch_sloy.pdf ''Wreck of the Loch Sloy'']. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.</ref> |
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== History and description == |
== History and description == |
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 Loch Sloy
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| History | |
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| Name | Loch Sloy |
| Builder | D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow |
| Launched | August 1877 |
| In service | 1877 |
| Out of service | 24 April 1899 |
| Fate | Wrecked September 1905 |
| Status | Registered historic site |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clipper |
| Tons burthen | 1,280 tons |
| Length | 250 ft 1 in (76.23 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Barque |
| Complement | 24 crew |
Loch Sloy was a Scottish sailing barque that operated between Great Britain and Australia from the late 1800s until 1899.[1] Her name was drawn from Loch Sloy, a freshwater lake which lies to the north of the Burgh of Helensburgh, in the region of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.[2]
In the early hours of 24 April 1899, Loch Sloy overran her distance when trying to pick up the light at Cape Borda and was wrecked on Brothers Rocks, about 300 metres from shore off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Of the 34 passengers and crew on board, there were only four survivors, one who died from injuries and exposure shortly afterwards.[3]Kangaroo Island [4]
History and description
Loch Sloy was built in 1877 by D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow, Yard No 178 for the Glasgow Shipping Company, commonly known as the Loch Line.[5][6] 1,280 tons
Under the command of Captain P. Nichol, Loch Sloy was on passage from Glasgow to Adelaide and Melbourne with a load of general cargo and eight passengers, including 2 women.[4] In the early hours of 24 April 1899, she met with disaster on the coast of Kangaroo Island at the mouth of the Saint Vincent Gulf, South Australia. The ship overran her distance when trying to pick up the light at Cape Borda. She was too close inshore and the light was hidden by the cliffs between Cape Bedout and Cape Couldie. In the darkness of the morning she ran full on to the Brothers Rocks, about 300 yards from shore.[1]
The crew and eight passengers took refuge in the rigging, but one by one the masts broke and went over the side and the men were hurled into the breakers. There was little opportunity for her crew to save themselves. The ship had struck well off shore any only four men reached it - a passenger, two able seamen and an apprentice. None of the survivors remembered how they actually got ashore; they heard the crash of the masts, and then felt the wreckage bumping them about in the surf.[1]
Of the seven passengers on board, two were women. As the sea washed over the vessel, they climbed the mast, to which they were lashed. When the mast broke a few minutes later, they were swept overboard and never seen again.[4]
Survivors
The four survivors, Herman Kilpatrick a passenger from New York City, William Simpson an apprentice, and able seamen William Mitchell and James McMullen.[7]
Before they could even begin to get help, they had scale steep cliffs with Kilpatrick badly cutting his feet during the climb. McMillan left to find assistance, but after three days he had not returned, and the remaining three men decided to try and reach Cape Borda lighthouse. McMillan returned and finding the others gone, again set out for help, this time finding the May family, one of whom rode to the lighthouse where a search was organised.
They were many miles from a settlement and were forced to subsist on shell fish and dead penguins cast up by the sea. Two of the party walked to Cape Borda lighthouse and one reached May's Settlement, but Kilpatrick was too ill to walk and subsequently died from his injuries and exposure.[8]
Mitchell, the survivor of the Loch Sloy wreck, says that the ship was in fairly calm water half an hour before she struck. The boats might have been got out, but no attempt was made, the captain hoping to 'bout ship.[9]
Dictionary of disasters at Sea [3]
References
- ^ a b c Lubbock, Basil (2005). The Colonial Clippers. Published by Kessinger Publishing. OCLC 185535859 ISBN 1417964162.
- ^ The Ships List (2006). Glasgow Shipping Company: Loch Line. Retrieved on 9 August 2008.
- ^ a b Hocking, Charles (1969). Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London. OCLC 47378 ISBN 0900528036.
- ^ a b c Kangaroo Island Shipwreck Trail (2008). Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Clyde Built Ships (2006). Vessel Name: Loch Sloy. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ The Wreck Site (2007). Loch Sloy (1899). Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ New York Times (1911). Wrecks that Mark the Seven Seas from Glasgow to Australia. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Government of South Australia (2007). Shipwrecks and sea rescue: Shipwrecks, 1890-1899. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ National Library of New Zealand. (1899). The Loch Sloy Wreck. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.