The sinking of the PS Lelia, a steamship built during the American Civil War for the Confederates. She left the River Mersey, with a Liverpool crew, and several Confederate naval officers in January 1865 bound for North Carolina. She hit bad weather off North Wales, large waves knocked her anchors loose and through the deck, swamping her. She sank off near the lightship Prince off Great Orme Head. Twelve survivors (out of fifty-one crew) reached the safety of the lightship. The Liverpool Lifeboat went to the scene but was swamped by waves, with the loss of seven out of its 11 crew.
The sinking of the PS Lelia, a steamship built in 1864, during the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America. She left the River Mersey, with a largely Liverpool-based crew, and several prominent Confederate naval officers, on her maiden voyage on 14 January 1865 bound for Wilmington, North Carolina. Heavily laden, she hit bad weather off North Wales, large waves knocked her anchors loose and through the deck, swamping her. She sank near the lightship Prince off the Great Orme. Twelve survivors (out of fifty-one crew) reached the safety of the lightship. The illustration shows the next day when the Liverpool No 1 Lifeboat went to the scene but was swamped by waves, with the loss of seven out of its 11 crew.
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Location: Liverpool. Merseyside, England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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