LOST YACHT
A MYSTERY SOLVED By the discovery of a wreck off Ostend, the mystery of the disappearance of the yacht Iris on Juno 19 off tho Northumberland coast is believed to have been solved. The yacht, for which Royal Air Force aeroplanes and Admiralty motor-boats and tugs made an extensive search, was owned by Sir Christopher Furness, of Ayton Castle, Berwickshire, and was on a voyage from Blyth to Holy Island when it vanished. There were two people aboard: Mr. Alexander Sprot, aged 27, son of Colonel Hereward Sprot, of Colepike Hall, Lanchester, and Mr. Charles Stirling, aged 27, son of Sir George Stirling, of Glorat, Stirlingshire, Keeper of Dumbarton Castle. Watchers on shore saw the yacht turn back toward Blyth after being struck by a squall off Crcsswcll. She was thou thought to have drifted south. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23115, 13 August 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)
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