Liverpool Mail of 23rd October 1852 reports that the Prins Hendrik put into Queenstown (modern Cobh) on October 17th with loss of cutwater, jibboom, sails etc and leaky, having been in contact with the Russian barque Helma from Liverpool for Cadiz with salt (?) which sank the following morning. Crew saved by the Prins Hendrik.
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette 23rd October 1852 reports that J. Goedkoop, Captain of the Prins Hendrik, of Amsterdam, en route from Liverpool to Port Philip, had lodged a deposition under the Wreck & Salvage Act.
Glasgow Herald of 25th October 1852 describes the collision in some detail. The 2 ships remained entangled with each other for about 4 hours. Finally the Russian vessel was cut free whereupon it promptly sank. 60 passengers on the Prins Hendrik including children. The Russian crew were landed at Queenstown and the Russian Consul arranged for their repatriation. The Dutch consul boarded the Prins Hendrik and offered his assistance. The damage was so considerable that the cargo had to be discharged and the vessel go into dock for repairs. No lives were lost but the scene of confusion and terror at the time of the collision was described as most terrible.
I would infer that the passengers were put into a hotel or other lodgings in Queenstown whilst the ship was repaired. The cost being borne by the shipping company or their insurers?
Doesn’t tell you who repaired the ship though but you might be able to find a list of ship repair yards in Queenstown. It was a big port. It’s where todays cruise ships call (or used to, pre-Covid).
1846 Slaters Directory gives you some details of businesses in Cove (Queenstown):
https://www.failteromhat.com/slater/0068.pdfhttps://www.failteromhat.com/slater/0069.pdf
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