STRANGE VESSEL SIGHTED
BELIEVED TO BE THE GIRL PAT. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Georgetown (British Guiana), June 10. The master of the Lorraine Cross reports that he sighted a vessel believed to be the Girl Pat near Cayenne, flying a distress signal which stated that she was out of fuel and food. When asked if the ship’s papers were in order the vessel hoisted sail and headed south-west.
A message from Dakar (French West Africa) on May 27 stated that though the authorities in English and French West African ports had been requested to detain the Girl Pat, she had sufficient fuel for 2000 miles. Quantities of provisions and water obtained at Dakar were not paid for. The trawler, equipped with the latest Diesel engines, left Dover on April 4 and put in at Concubion (Spain) on April 12. It left nine days later, after extensive repairs, not stating its destination. Its owners, the Marstand Fishing Company, notified the underwriters on April 27 that they regarded the ship as a total loss. They explained that they engaged a skipper a few months ago, and he picked his own crew, with the exception of the engineer, whom he left at Dover.
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Southland Times, Issue 22914, 12 June 1936, Page 8
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