ID: 282 Name: Arab
Inserted: 23.05.2011
Country of origin: England
Date: 19th century
Sinking time: 08.09.1829 Propulsion: sailing ship
Address: Territorial sea, Soome laht
Purpose: merchant ship
Vessel type: brig
Cargo: sugar
Story of Sinking: On her way from Fernambuck to Saint Petersburg, the English ship under the command of captain William Hunter shipwrecked and broke, at 1.30 PM on 8 September 1829. The crew comprising of nine men, the captain and a pilot from Copenhagen, escaped in the ship's boat to Vaindloo Island. The rigging was salvaged.
Object Data: two-masted
Description of Location: neaar Vaindloo Island
Archival Reference: EAA.30.1.9342
Resource Links & Literature: Revalsche Wöchentliche Nachrichten, 111.11.1829 116.12.1829