A Piece of Cotton Dooms the Londonian (1898)

The South Wales Daily News on the 6th of December 1898 published the report of the Captain of the steamship the King Arthur about his discovery of a derelict vessel:  On the mainmast was an ensign reversed, and from its good condition he judged had not been long hoisted. He passed very close to the Londonian and in her then condition, and in view of the bad weather prevailing, considered she would not live long. The size of the vessel in comparison with the King Arthur, the condition she was in, and the heavy weather precluded any idea of towing her to the nearest port. As to the crew, he thinks they must have abandoned her in their own boats, as had they been taken off by a passing vessel, all boats would not have been employed in transferring the crew on account of the difficulty of getting the boats into the water.”Ship Name: LondonianYear Built: 1896 Tonnage: 5531Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Cargo Steamship Nationality: United Kingdom Year Wrecked: 1898Location Wrecked: North AtlanticReason for Wreck: Steering Failure in a Storm Lives Lost: 17Sources: https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/SOTON_Documents/Plimsoll/17537.pdfhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3741716/3741721/94/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3371337/3371345/224/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspaperarchive.com/nelson-daily-miner-dec-09-1898-p-1/https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3803173/3803179/81/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/4232990/4232993/49/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/4607389/4607392/28/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3741633/3741637/45/londonian?from=searchhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3742113/3742118/64/londonian?from=search