Shanghai, 8th August.
Before B. O. G. Sovrr, eq., H.B.Af's Vice-Consul, President.
Capt, W. EH, Taomeson, P. &O. S.S. Thibet, Assessors.
Capt. J. Jones, Barque Havelock, A Naval Court of E-quiry, composed as above, assembled at the British Consulate at 10.30 a.m, to enquire into the loss of the British Barque Artemisia, which occurred on the South Bank of the river on the Ist inst consequence of the absence of Oape4, who had not received.notice to attend in time, the Court adjourned until it was lost in the wreck.
Perer Henry VU, Lass swer British: barque Artemisia, I went out to sea on the 29th ult, bound for Nayusaki loaded with ballast, xnd 80 tons of iron, and 50 tons of brick ballast, about 160 ton allogethor. 1 encountered a strong breeze on the £.N.E, with a heavy sea on; the weather was fine, but the glass was falling. On Saturday evening I stood away to the southward. I went aloft on Sunday morning and turned about to the eastward. On Sunday wight T had the gallant mast yards down, I turned about.again to South-oust. I did this both Saturday and lay because the wind was ai On Sunday morning I was about 24 miles to the leeward of Barton islands. I had then on the lower topsails and lee staysails; it was blowing a hard yale from.N.E. At Sam. on Monday morning there was a heavy swell from S. and S.W.; the ship's head was due west lay to at Sun Leland as I ox: pected a change of wei six miles from Leuco: heavy soa running. til 12 noon wh life in the horizon Saddle W. by N. [shad been going about twelve miles to leeward since i I determined then to run to Elliot Island for shelter. I kept following the land around the South Saddles. I worked the ship to East 4 S. of Saddles as I feared a for the Tungsha Ligh The was typhoon was coming on and tried to make ing sight miles." Thiad the patent log and found I was 19} miles by the log on the N.W. course. I steered about three miles W. to N. and thought Iwas then in the fair water channel. I ordered my mate to stand by the wheel and the lead, and sent the boatswain aloft to look out for Tungsha Lightship, as T feared n typhoon was coming on. went forward myself to keep a lookout from the orvcastle, About 8 p.m. Tsighted hen ff. L was laying then in about six id " half fathoms of water. I believed she was in the fair way, was steer-W. until saw the water five fathoms when I let go the starboard ancha I let out 30 fathoms of cable first and 15 fathoms more afterwards because she was riding too heavily. This was about 9 p.m. Tatayed on deck and kept watch with the second mate until midnight. At 11.30 we took soundings again and found fathoms. Iwent below then, At3 am. the mate sounded again and found 5 fathoms. I went on deck again at 4.30
'[am. L threw the Iexd over aut found 2 fathoms of water. I had all hands on deck then to man the windlass to heave in chain. Thave in to the 15 fathom shackle. The wind was then about B, N. 1.5 it, was freshening. I made all sail, I shipped the 15 fathom shackle and steered on a S.E course the tims I was heaving in the actors and the chain Laighted the Saddles 8.E. by S. The ship was t g the bottom all the time and was ing to the leeward by the flood tide. sighted a wreck to the leeward. I let go my port anchor when I found I could do no good with the anils, I let out about 80 fathoms of chain. The ship was bumping heavily all the time and taking in water 3 the water came over the ballast on the starboard side. I then put out the long bout and the small bout and dragged them astern, the lung boat about 50 fathoms and the little boat about 30 fathoms. The little buat shortly after npsized. The water wax at this time up over the tween deck hi T had no hope of saving the I cut away the the fore and mainmast. I asked the chief mate to take the long buat and to take the men in her. The mate would not go. Lthen asked the boatswain and he als refused to go. The long bunt a hen slipped the it might have been in about half afterwards, The crew took to the rigging and I took to the top of the hous. The i ing Gutzleff SH. 4 S. as arly as I could tell. We then eighted a brig at anchor, The brig was bearing down about 3 miles 8.t when we sighted a steamer anchored xsiorn of the brig and a sailing bent astern of the We aftormaris lust night of the boat, We then waited until the tide came in and wont forward to try not free the long bunt, bail her out and got on towards the steamer. The decks wore nearly dry at this time. Before we loft we found the starboard side of the boat had stove in. The small boat was struck right under the ship's bottom and we could do nothing with her. Phe boatswain wanted to make " raft but could no one to assist hi 4 steamer ut a boat to us and tw us on hoard The steamer was the Oaklands, Captain Payne.
By Captain Tuoursox—Tho ship's log is Kept by the mate, We wers drawing about 10 ft. 3 in. "1 left the steamer about 4.45; the deck had been dry sines 4.15. The tide fell}.very frat. About half-an-hour previous they were completely covered. The ship awaug round and began to fill about 1.37 p.m.
the Prestent—Thers were 15 hands on board altogether, myself, mate, boatswain, 10 Japanese and 2 Mulays.
Joun A. Lioyp, statos—L am an Englishman and tomato of the Artemisia. This is my 's curtifieate Nu, 15218, Glasgow (producal) 1 wrote Unis log on board the.s. Juklauds the day ut the wreck. It was on Monday after-nyon the Slst ult, at 3.30 pin. The bearings made by Caprain Lass are those the log. We had gone about that bearings by the log. 4 o'clock Iexumined the log; we keep the old fashioned lug. We kept on the N.W. course from 5.30 until 5.50 when we changed it to N.W. by N. The Cap! have the course. We steered on this course for about three miles when we saw barque on the port bow and changed to W.NAW. At the time of altering the course we had about six fathoms of water and thought were about in the fairway 5 we kept on this course for about half an hour when we found we were in about 54 fathoms of water and then we let xo the anchor. We first let out 3) fathoms of chain and afterwards 15 fathoms more. Lturued in about 9.15 and left the atar-
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