Service Record
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From
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To
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Clan MacLean
Master
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1884
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1889
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Clan MacNeil
Master
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1891
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1896
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Clan Lindsay
Master
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1896
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3/1898
Wrecked
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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.