During the forenoon of Wednesday 20 November 1889 the steam ship Minna of Chester, under the command of Captain Snelling and en-route from Liverpool to Copenhagen with a cargo of coke coals struck on the Ness of Quoys, Huna and became a total wreck.
There were sixteen hands on board who immediately engaged in throwing the deck cargo into the sea, but the vessel filled with water in about 4 hours. All the crew got off safely and spent a night at the Huna Hotel before being sent to Wick the following day by Mr Sutherland, agent for the Shipwrecked Mariners Society. At Wick the men were taken in charge by Mr Robertson who provided them with lodgings and afterwards paid their fare south by rail, although only two or three of the men were members of the Society.
Divers inspected the steamer on the following Saturday but could not ascertain the real damage. She fell on her side on the Sunday and broke in several places. The ship was insured in German Lloyds.
The Minna was iron built and she was 237’ long, had a beam of 29’ and was either 438 or 811 gross registered tons. She was built in either 1866 or 1875 and spent most of her life sailing for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company.
The full Board of Trade wreck report for the Minna can be found here.
There were sixteen hands on board who immediately engaged in throwing the deck cargo into the sea, but the vessel filled with water in about 4 hours. All the crew got off safely and spent a night at the Huna Hotel before being sent to Wick the following day by Mr Sutherland, agent for the Shipwrecked Mariners Society. At Wick the men were taken in charge by Mr Robertson who provided them with lodgings and afterwards paid their fare south by rail, although only two or three of the men were members of the Society.
Divers inspected the steamer on the following Saturday but could not ascertain the real damage. She fell on her side on the Sunday and broke in several places. The ship was insured in German Lloyds.
The Minna was iron built and she was 237’ long, had a beam of 29’ and was either 438 or 811 gross registered tons. She was built in either 1866 or 1875 and spent most of her life sailing for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company.
The full Board of Trade wreck report for the Minna can be found here.