A crew member of the Clan Macduff en route for Bombay from Liverpool on Tuesday, October 18th, 1881, passes a child to her mother in a gig as the ship ran into trouble when the weather became bad and she sprung a leak. Next day, the captain ordered to abandon the ship; eight people were taken off in the gig, a cutter followed but two other boats were smashed by the seas, leaving only one which could hold 30 with 45 persons on the liner. Eventually 28, including the captain who jumped overboard, were taken off leaving the first officer and 16 of the crew on board who made desperate efforts to k
A crew member of the Clan Macduff en route for Bombay from Liverpool on Tuesday, October 18th, 1881, passes a child to her mother in a gig as the ship ran into trouble when the weather became bad and she sprung a leak. Next day, the captain ordered to abandon the ship; eight people were taken off in the gig, a cutter followed but two other boats were smashed by the seas, leaving only one which could hold 30 with 45 persons on the liner. Eventually 28, including the captain who jumped overboard, were taken off leaving the first officer and 16 of the crew on board who made desperate efforts to keep the ship afloat until they were rescued by the steamship Upupa of the City of Cork Steam Packet Co. The boat into which the captain had been taken capsized and only five of its occupants were saved, being picked up by a passing vessel. Another, with seven passengers and four crew, was sighted by the steamship Palestine, which took them aboard, and one, containing the body of a young lady, drifted ashore at Clonkilty, Ireland. The number of persons drowned was 32, of whom 12 were passengers and 20 crew.
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Location: Irish Sea
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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