George and Mary's and Ann

10th January 1857

"Since Thusday evening the coast has been visited by a succession of gales ranging from S.W. to N.E. They gradually increased in violence up to Saturday night and Sunday morning.

At Robin Hood's Bay two vessels are ashore. On Sunday morning about 8am the George of Colchester, a schooner going north in ballast, found it was impossible to keep off shore and it was put before the wind and reached the shore a little south of the town. The crew remained on board until the tide went down. At day light portions of wreck found on the beach and a name board were picked up, "Mary's and Ann" of Alnmouth, a schooner subsequently transfered to Whiby. The crew lost were Mr Michael Sneaton, master, Thos Redman, mate and two men strangers in Whitby"