EMILE ROBIN award to Capt PA Moffoot and Chief Officer Owen Medwyn Jones of the ss Empire Plover for the rescue of 11 of the crew of the mv Famagusta on the 19 Mar 1948 On 19th March 1948, the Empire Plover, having previously received a request by wireless to stand by from the Famagusta, […]
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SS Narragansett (1903-1917) British tanker SS Narragansett was built in 1903 by Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock. At the time of her loss, the vessel of 9,196 tonnes was owned by Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd., London.
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SS Bray Head (1894-1917) SS Bray Head was a British merchant vessel of 3,077 tonnes, built in 1894 by Swan & Hunter Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time of her loss, she was owned by the Ulster Steamship Co.
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Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society awarded £100,000 grant from Seafarers UK
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SS Drina (1913-1917) SS Drina was a British passenger vessel built in 1913 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. At the time of her loss a century ago, she was owned by Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd., London. Weighing 11,483 tonnes, Drina was the first merchant vessel to be requisitioned for use as a […]
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Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 1 February Essonite Merchant 589 1 February Inverlyon Fishing (Smack) 59 1 February Ada Fishing (Smack) 24 2 February Isle of Arran Merchant (S.V) 1,918 3 February Eavestone Merchant 1,858 3 February Port Adelaide Merchant 8,181 3 February Hollinside Merchant 2,682 3 February Belford (S.V) Merchant (S.V) 1,905 […]
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SS Tritonia (1905-1917) Built in Greenock by Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in 1905, Tritonia was a British steamer ship of 4,445 gross tonnes. At the time of her loss, she was owned by the Donaldson Line, Glasgow.
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SS Trojan Prince (1896-1917) SS Trojan Prince was a British passenger and cargo ship of 3,273 tonnes. Built in 1896 by Readhead John & Sons Ltd., South Shields, she was owned by Prince Line Ltd., London, at the time of her loss.
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The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society has welcomed its new President Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB, DSC, DL, FRAeS to its Chichester headquarters to see staff at work and attend a grants meeting to learn more about support the Society gives to those facing financial difficulties in the retired and serving seafaring community. Admiral Sir George completed […]
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SS Princess Alberta (1905-1917) British passenger and cargo ship SS Princess Alberta was built in 1905 by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee. At the time of her loss, she was owned by Langlands M. & Sons, Liverpool.
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