From Seafarers Trust
Personal Details
| Name: | John Dowell
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| Position/Rank: | Captain
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| Ethnicity: | Sandness Shetland Is, Scotland
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| Date of Birth: | 12/12/1870
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| Date of Death: | 25/07/1911
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| Age at Death: |
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| Location of Death: | Tumbledown Bay, Banks Peninsula
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Vessel
| Name: | Schooner Bell Flower
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| Date of Accident: | 25/07/1911
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| Location of Accident: | Tumbledown Bay, Banks Peninsula
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| Further Info: | Further information in New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795 to 1960. Page 314. Peter Dowell (John was Peters grandfathers brother) submitted: John originated from a seafaring Shetland family and came out to NZ with his father John Dowell Snr in 1904 on a schooner called the Privateer. Peter has extensive information on the Dowell's and the vessels they served on throughout NZ waters from approximately 1900-1950. If you would like further information he is more than happy to provide copies, email: pdowell@xtra.co.nz.
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Comments
John Dowell's tombstone was erected in Tumbledown Bay after his body was found washed ashore, and still remains on the beach at Tumbledown Bay.
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