Week 492 (22nd August 2010) 

REAPER

Vessel

The wooden brigantine Reaper, of Dublin, 353 tons gross, was built by De Long at New Brunswick in 1873. She was 103.4 feet in length, had a beam of 30.6 feet and a draught of 12.4 feet (31.5 m x 9.3 m x 3.8 m). At the time of her loss the Reaper was owned by T Kearon, of Liverpool.

History 

The Reaper, J McGowan, master, departed from Garston at 8.00 a.m. on Monday 6^th October 1878 bound for Dublin with a cargo of coal, in tow of the steam tug Liverpool. A severe southwesterly gale blew up when she was off the Skerries, Anglesey.   The owners of the Reaper later received a telegram from Ramsey, Isle of Man, where the tug had put in for refuge, stating that early on the morning of Tuesday 7^th October 1878 the Reaper had foundered off the Isle of Man. All eight crewmen on board were drowned.

For information on the book "Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man" follow this link.