A Race for the Boat on the Flachat (1898)

The captain of the Elder, Dempster, and Co ship the Susu was the focus of the story of the Flachat in the London Daily Telegraph on the 1st of March, 1898: “The Susus, owned by Elder, Dempster, and Co, was ready to sail for Garachico on the night of the 15th, but owing to the bad weather she did not leave until six the next morning, when the sea and wind had gone down. It was about 7:30 a.m. when Anaga Point was passed, and as the captain looked shorewards, he saw two masts in the distance. He thought it was a schooner, but on using his glass saw distinctly that it was a steamer. He therefore headed for the shore until near enough to be of assistance if required.”Ship Name: FlachatYear Built: 1880Nationality: France Tonnage: 2277Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Propelled Steamship Year Wrecked: 1898Location Wrecked: Anaga Point, TenerifeReason for Wreck: Navigational Error in Poor Weather Lives Lost: 78Sources: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3816769/3816772/13/flachat?from=searchhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/810835048/?terms=french&match=1https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-evening-journal-feb-18-1898-p-1/https://www.newspapers.com/image/393383061/https://www.newspapers.com/image/1237807300/?match=1&terms=flachathttps://www.newspapers.com/image/820653383/https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4606194/4606198/83/flachat?from=search