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Northumberland / Re: ship lost at sea
« on: Saturday 23 July 11 09:26 BST (UK)  »
Goodmorning  ros,  Yes i will do that over the weekend , not sure what you mean about  " pm " and how you do it ?, I am interested  about what you say about your father being a direct decendant as the artist was the captains son ?, his name was John w b Harlcro,
Regards dave

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Northumberland / Re: ship lost at sea
« on: Friday 22 July 11 08:26 BST (UK)  »

  Hi Ros,
Yes you can see the painting thats no problem, i live in the Bishop Auckland area in Durham , where abouts are you ? i have made enquries at the south shields museum, then they have refered me to a place in Newcastle that has all the imformation about the ship, I dont know if anybody has looked into the ship owner, Robert Stoker? and the name Cordelia, A few yrs ago  i did a house refurbishment in Whiby belived to belong to Bram stoker the author of Dracular, he came from Ireland origianly, the dates and some of his novels could have a connection to the Cordelia? having seen some of his old documents I belive this could be a interesting path to look into,
Dave ,

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Northumberland / Re: ship lost at sea
« on: Wednesday 20 July 11 19:28 BST (UK)  »
Goodevening to all, I have just been trying to find out about a ship called the Cordelia, from South Sheilds, and the commander was a man called John Fraser, I believe the ship sank on its maiden voyage,
   I have spent a few years on the Orkney isles and in exchange for a little job i did for a local man i was given a painting of a ship being the Cordelia, with the artist name and date on it and the Commanders name, the old gent that gave me the painting was a relative of the captain , the story goes old alberts wifes  nephews that was the artist being  John W B  Halcro,  and it was his father, and alberts wifes brother that was the captain,  I repaired a old sea chest for Albert and the painting was in the bottom of it in a old frame ,
I took the painting to be reframed and glazed to a local studio when they took the painting out of its frame there was 2 origional prints painted by JW Goggared, behind the backing boards , Belived to have been there for the duration of the Painting ,
I hope this might help some one out , the painting is know in the Durham area, and up for sale ,

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Northumberland / Re: ship lost at sea
« on: Wednesday 20 July 11 19:03 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: skingers2 on Monday 16 November 09 16:36 GMT (UK)
Back to my scarlet pimpernel again..... found out that he died on a ship called Cordelia which left the port of Shields on 21st September 1878 and was not heard of again. I got the ships details and they were headed for Carthagena and/or Escombrera so Spain. Do we know of any bad storms around that date?
Would there be an inquiry as to what happened? How can I find out if anyone was rescued?
Hope someone can help
Thanks
Ros

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Northumberland / Re: ship lost at sea
« on: Wednesday 20 July 11 19:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: skingers2 on Monday 16 November 09 16:36 GMT (UK)
Back to my scarlet pimpernel again..... found out that he died on a ship called Cordelia which left the port of Shields on 21st September 1878 and was not heard of again. I got the ships details and they were headed for Carthagena and/or Escombrera so Spain. Do we know of any bad storms around that date?
Would there be an inquiry as to what happened? How can I find out if anyone was rescued?
Hope someone can help
Thanks
Ros

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