JANET COWAN

JANET COWAN WAS A 4 MASTED BARQUE BUILT IN 1889 BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO. SHE WAS OWNED BY SHANKLAND & CO.

SHE LEFT CAPE TOWN BOUND FOR VANCOUVER IN BALLAST BUT WAS WRECKED IN A STORM NEAR CARMANAH BC.

SEVEN PEOPLE LOSS THEIR LIVES INCLUDING THE SHIPS MASTER.

THIRTEEN SURVIVORS WERE PICKED UP FROM THE WRECK BY THE TUG TYEE ON 11TH JANUARY AND NINE OTHERS WERE PICKED UP FROM THE SHORE BY THE PRINCESS LOUISE

JANET COWN

JANET COWAN WAS A IRON SHIP OF 1,278 TONS BUILT IN 1864 AT GREENOCK BY STEELE'S. SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN GREENOCK AND WAS OWNED BY SHANKLAND & CO. SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN CUTHBERT AND THEN BY CAPTAIN J McKURDY