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Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896
Posted by: airintel (IP Logged)
Date: July 04, 2013 09:48PM

Hi Marty,

I think this may be the vessel in question; not "old," but newspapers often seem to describe anything no brand-new as "old":

MASCOT, Official Number 92358, built Baltimore 1891. 75.94/37.97 tons, dimensions 79.8x18.3x8.5, 100hp.

Newspaper accounts describe her as a stout ocean-going tug, and this seems to fit the description above. Her homeport is listed as Baltimore, and I don't see her listed in any MVUS after 1895.

From what I can tell, she departed Baltimore on 27 November 1895, cleared Cape Henry the 29th and was never heard from again. Her supposed destination was Port-of-Spain, but it appears to have been open knowledge she was fillibustering (running guns) to Cuba. I haven't checked all the newspaper articles, but it appears she was wrecked in a hurricane in early December 1895; wreckage, including life rings with her name, is reported as having come ashore at Caicos. Perhaps her survivors drifted ashore to Cuba and were arrested?

Your ancestor was Matthew Frank Kersey of Alexandria, Virginia (1965-1900), if my records serve me correctly.

I'll see what else I can find, if you'd like. I do have the names of all nine crew, though I haven't traced them all.

Dest regards,

Dave



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  Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 06/30/2013 03:42PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 de domenico 07/01/2013 01:26AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/01/2013 05:40AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 phil morgan 07/01/2013 12:34PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/01/2013 07:04PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/02/2013 05:44AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 airintel 07/04/2013 09:48PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/05/2013 06:13AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 airintel 07/05/2013 03:49PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 Andreas von Mach 07/07/2013 10:29AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 Andreas von Mach 07/07/2013 10:37AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/07/2013 11:52AM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 mjbollinger 07/07/2013 12:24PM
  Re: Tug Mascot - foundered off Cuba 1895 or 1896 Andreas von Mach 07/07/2013 02:34PM


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