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ARRIERO
ARRIERO WAS A VESSEL OF 167 TONS WITH AN IRON FRAME AND WOODEN PLANKING SHE HAVING BEEN BUILT BY STEPHEN & CO OF GLASGOW IN 1862.SHE WAS THEN PURCHASED BY T H ISMAY.HER USUAL ROUTE WAS LIVERPOOL TO VERU CRUZ.SHE WAS BRIEFLY LAID UP AND THEN IN 1873 WAS PURCHASED BY HARRISON & CO OF LIVERPOOL. WHILST ON A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW CALABAR WITH GENERAL CARGO SHE DRAGGED HER ANCHOR WHILE TAKING REFUGE FROM A STORM IN CHURCH BAY AND WENT ASHORE ON RATHLIN ISLAND ON 4TH MARCH 1876.SHE HAD BEEN SHELTRING FROM THE STORM SINCE THE 25TH FEBUARY 1876. THE CREW WERE SAVED.