Service Record

From

To

Clan MacLean

Master

1884

1889

Clan MacNeil

Master

1891

1896

Clan Lindsay

Master

1896

3/1898

Wrecked

Inquiry into loss of Clan Lindsay

That the master was in default

1. In setting an unsafe course.

2. In navigating his vessel with insufficient and un-seamanlike care.

3. That he neglected to use the lead.

4. That he neglected to use the log to ascertain speed.

5. That he neglected to allow for the set of the current in verifying the position of his vessel, from time to time, on the courses set.

6. In neglecting to take cross-bearings of the land; and that for these defaults his certificate be suspended for six months.

Remarks.

At the request of the captain, the Court desires to note that it has not any objection to the said Joseph Schofield being allowed a mate's certificate, should the above order be confirmed.

Capt Joseph Schofield

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