1st Mate

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Ilexia Hansen, the first mate, who was on watch when the vessel went ashore, stated that he was of the opinion that he was well off the land, but so thick was the snow that the exact whereabouts could not be ascertained. The vessel was going at half speed when she struck, but he was afterwards told by a fishermen of Whinnyfold, that at high tide, due to the breadth of the vessel, it would have cleared the rocks. However, it was low tide when the casualty happened.

The first mate found shelter in the house of Mr William Cay, a fisherman of Whinnyfold, who he said had treated him very kindly.

The rest of the shipwrecked sailors were accommodated in the other cottages of the Whinnyfold fishermen. Few of them could converse in the English language, with the exception of one German, two Fins, and a few Swedes. Most of the crew belonged to Denmark.