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Belfast Weekly Telegraph: Saturday 15th November 1890

A British War Vessel Wrecked: 273 Persons Drowned: heartrending scenes: Her Majesty’s ship Serpent, six guns and twin-screw steamer of the third class (Commander Ross), was lost off the Spanish coast on Wednesday. The Serpent left Devonport on Saturday afternoon to relieve the Acorn on the West Coast of Africa and would yesterday have been about off the Spanish coast. … (discussion of the event) … Owing to the course of Flag-Captain Brook, C.B. of the Royal Naval Barracks, Keyham and Commander Field, H.M.S. Indus, Keyham, we are enabled to publish an authenticated list of over one hundred of the petty officers and crew drafted to the Serpent from the barracks and the Indus: From H.M.S. Indus … (long list includes) … Fred Pinsent, able seaman. … …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Portsmouth Evening News: Friday 14th November 1890

H.M.S. Serpent: Latest Details of the Disaster: … … List of the Lost: The following is a list of all the persons on board the Serpent who lost their lives in the terrible catastrophe: … (includes) … Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines … Frederick C. Pinsent, able seaman …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Liverpool Daily Post: Friday 14th November 1890

The following is a list of all persons on board H.M.S. Serpent on the date of her sailing from Devonport, on 8th last: Officers … (list) … Petty officers … (list) … in addition to these there were the following ordinary and able-bodied seamen … (includes) … Fred C. Pinsent … It is stated that in the above official list of the crew several alterations will have to be made, men having deliberately broken their leave at the last moment because they would not go to sea in her. Fresh hands had therefore to be shipped in their place. …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Evening Mail: Friday 14th November 1890

Loss of H.M.S. Serpent: We have received the following official communication for publication … Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines … (includes) … Fred. C. Pinsent, … A.B. …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

London Daily Chronicle: 13th November 1890

H.M.S Serpent Sunk: 270 lives lost: … (long discussion of incident) … First List of the Crew: The crew, it may be stated, is almost exclusively local to Plymouth and Devonport. The Marine detachment on board numbered 16 … (continues) … From Devonport Barracks: The men who were drafted from the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport were: … Ordinary Seaman … (list includes) … Frederick C. Pinsent … (continues) …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Echo (London): Thursday 13th November 1890

Terrible Disaster at Sea: British Cruiser Wrecked: Supposed Loss of 173 Lives: Only three of the crew save: News was last night received in London to the effect that Her Majesty’s ship Serpent, a third-class cruiser, had floundered with all on board, estimated at 173 souls. … The men who were drafted from the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport were: … (list includes) … Frederick C. Pinsent, Able Seaman …

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Derby Daily Telegraph: Thursday 13th November 1890

WRECK OF A WARSHIP: LOSS OF 170 LIVES: STATEMENT BY LORD G. HAMILTON: MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN: An official telegram from Corunna announces that the British cruiser Serpent has been wrecked off Cape Bucy, near the village of Camarinas, on the North-west coast of Spain. The telegram adds that there were 276 (176?) persons on board, of whom only three were saved, while the bodies of three ladies have been washed ashore. The Governor has instructed the authorities at Camarinas to render every assistance. The three sailors who were saved from the Serpent swam ashore at Camarinas, which is a small port seventy kilometres south of Corunna. They express their belief that the rest of the crew were drowned; but, according to the latest information, only four bodies have been washed ashore. There is no telegraph Station at Camarinas. The Serpent was on her way to the West Coast Africa. … (casualties included) … Frederick C. Pinsent, able seaman …

[see similar: Leeds Mercury: 14th November 1890]

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Dublin Daily Express: Thursday 13th November 1890

Appalling Disaster: A British Warship Sunk: Loss of 273 Lives: … (description of loss of British Armoured Cruiser) … … (includes list of casualties) … Fred Pensent, able seaman; … … 

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser: Thursday 13th November 1890

The Foundering of H.M.S. Serpent: Message from the Queen: List of Officers and Crew: Owing to the courtesy of Flag Captain Brook, C.B., of the Royal Naval Barracks, Keyham, and Commander Field, H.M.S. Keyham, we are enabled to publish an authenticated list of over 100 of the officers and crew. Commander Harry Leith Ross, who is spoken of in naval circles as an experienced officer, was appointed naval cadet September, 1862; promoted sub-lieutenant February, 1869; Lieutenant April 1873; and commander, June 1886. He had seen no war service … (crew list – includes as an Able Seaman) … Fred Pinsent. … Late last night the Queen sent a message of sympathy with the friends of the deceased officers and men and expressed her great sorrow.

[see similar Western Daily Press: Thursday 13th November 1890; York Herald: Friday 14th November 1890 and others]

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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890