Found 12 August 1861, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran.
In a bottle:
Gone down in the Bay of Biscay, the screw-steamer Hiero. Have taken to the boats but don’t expect to see land again. May the Lord have mercy on us! — John Sorston, First Mate, July 17, 1861.
There is no record of the Hiero in Lloyd’s Register, suggesting it was a small vessel of under 100 tonnes.
[Dundee Courier, 21 August 1861]
Messages from the Sea 