Thank you very much to Stan and Chris, who looked at census and FreeBMD date to help me find out more about Fred COOPER's family. Very much appreciated. The article I wrote up here is probably from the Sunderland Echo, as "SUN" and the beginning of "D" can be recognised at the top of the copy I have, but not knowing the exact date will make it difficult to find the paper. And, unfortunately, I don't have access to the London Times archives at the moment, so I will have to wait to check that database. An internet search comes up with a painting by a chinese artist of a steamer with sails, which may be the right ship. The painting is in a private German collection now. David Eyre -- Psssst! Mit GMX Handyrechnung senken: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail 100 FreeSMS/Monat (GMX TopMail), 50 (GMX ProMail), 10 (GMX FreeMail)