Hi Kliften I have checked the Board of trade wreck reports for 1905 and no vessel with this name or description is reported in this area or any where around the coast for this year ? . I also had a look at the Times Digital Archive between 1900 to 1910 : nothing ? . A few questions, was this vessel a private yacht or did it belong to the Naval Reserve ?. If private she should appear in the Board of trade wreck reports and if she was a Naval Vessel lost with loss of life you would think it would make the papers. Can you add any other information which might aid a new search. Mick Mariners List ----- Original Message ----- From: thesnows To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:31 PM Subject: [MAR] "Nymph" Yacht, lost off Selsey,Sussex on or around 26th March 1905. Hello, I am trying to find out any information that anyone may have came across regarding the sinking of the yacht "Nymph" on or around 26th March 1905, of Selsey. My Great Great Uncle was called Robert Wilkinson, and his Royal Naval Reserve record, states he " Drowned while serving on yacht "Nymph" which is supposed to have been lost off Selsey on or about 26th March 1905" Regards Klifton Snow ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Mick, Robert enlisted in the Royal Naval reserve in 1885. I have sent you a copy of his service record He would have had experience of Sailing from work with his Father, Master Robert Wilkinson on Colliers up and down the east coast of England. Robert Henry Wilkinson appears to have taken part in the America's Cup on 1903, sailing on the Shamrock I, leaving from Greenock, Scotland in March 1903, and I belive the yacht is private one, and Robert H was just doing his day job as crew, as no mention of RNR ownership on record. I am waiting on a reply from Portsmouth archives for a newspaper look up, and possibly need to visit West Sussex Archives, to see if there is anything in newspapers there. >From the use of words "Supposed" and "On or About" it would suggest that the whole crew plus yacht may have been lost. Regards Klifton Snow ----- Original Message ----- From: Mick To: Mariners ; thesnows Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [MAR] "Nymph" Yacht, lost off Selsey,Sussex on or around 26th March 1905. Hi Kliften I have checked the Board of trade wreck reports for 1905 and no vessel with this name or description is reported in this area or any where around the coast for this year ? . I also had a look at the Times Digital Archive between 1900 to 1910 : nothing ? . A few questions, was this vessel a private yacht or did it belong to the Naval Reserve ?. If private she should appear in the Board of trade wreck reports and if she was a Naval Vessel lost with loss of life you would think it would make the papers. Can you add any other information which might aid a new search. Mick Mariners List ----- Original Message ----- From: thesnows To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:31 PM Subject: [MAR] "Nymph" Yacht, lost off Selsey,Sussex on or around 26th March 1905. Hello, I am trying to find out any information that anyone may have came across regarding the sinking of the yacht "Nymph" on or around 26th March 1905, of Selsey. My Great Great Uncle was called Robert Wilkinson, and his Royal Naval Reserve record, states he " Drowned while serving on yacht "Nymph" which is supposed to have been lost off Selsey on or about 26th March 1905" Regards Klifton Snow ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Extract of Board Of Trade Wreck Reports with details of the Yacht Nymph. Uploaded to the Gallery http://www.mariners-list.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6 Someone else on the List may have access to News Papers other then those I have mentioned in previous posts. Mick Mariners List ----- Original Message ----- From: thesnows To: Mick ; Mariners Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [MAR] "Nymph" Yacht, lost off Selsey,Sussex on or around 26th March 1905.