On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:22:20 +0100, Robyn Horan <robynvh2@gmail.com> wrote: > This is from the Mariners Rootsweb list. > > http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/cospatrick.html > > It's about the tragic loss of a ship, the Cospatrick, on its way from > London to New Zealand. Several Somerset names among the lost > passengers and crew. Thank you for this, Robyn. It led me to accounts of the sinking of the Cospatrick, from the Illustrated London News, which make grim reading. http://www.theshipslist.com/accounts/cospatrick.html Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com