Wreck of the Rothesay Castle steam Packet ship circa 1831
ROTHSAY CASTLE: sank 17 Aug 1831 Dutchmans Bank. wood, built 1817 Dumbarton; 200 gt; LOSS OF THE ROTHSAY Steam Packet. At an early hour on the morning of Wednesday, a severe storm had, more than usually, agitated the waters of the Mersey; so much so, that an American ship, which had attempted by means of a steam-boat to put to sea, was compelled to return. At eleven o'clock, the Rothsay Castle steamer sailed from Liverpool for Beaumaris. Her deck was thronged with passengers. The precise number cannot be known, because, in addition to those who registered their names in the books, many individuals, by whom no previous application had been made at the packet-office, were taken immediately from the pier-head. The captain, crew, and musicians, amounted to fourteen or fifteen; and besides these, one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty persons were on board. The greater proportion of the passengers consisted of holiday or family parties, residing in country places. In one of these companies were twenty-six persons who set out on an excursion of pleasure from Bury, in Lancashire.
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