12/25/1859
The Blervie Castle, a 600 tons steamship with 34 crew and 22 passengers aboard sailed from London bound for Adelaide in Australia. The pilot left her off Dover in the evening and soon after a gale struck the vessel and drove her up on the sands in the English Channel. The ship was completely destroyed and no survivors were found. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation:
The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1859 (London: F. & J. Rivington, 1860), 195.