Safety Rescue Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Alcides Wreck

BURNT OUT AND SANK AT ENTRANCE TO HILBRE SWASH.

Bahama Wreck

BROKE AWAY FROM TOW OF M STANDBY SAFETY VESSEL KENNEDY, ON WAY TO BREAKERS AT BARKING, AND GROUNDED.

Cornishman Wreck

RAN AGROUND EAST OF FARO-OLHAO BAR. (LL).

Cuttlefish Wreck

BUILT IN 1959 BY R DUSTON LTD, THORNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CLARIDGE TRAWLERS. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LOWESTOFT FOR GAS FIEL...

Grampian Castle Wreck

GROUNDED ON CAERNARFON BAR. ENGINE ROOM FLOODED THROUGH LEAKING STERN GLAND. (HOLYHEAD CG)

Margaret Christina Wreck

REPORTED TO BE LISTING BADLY IN HEAVY SEAS. CREW TAKEN OFF BY FV. LATER VESSEL SANK.

Redwing Wreck

VESSEL, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK BY A MINE. (ALLIED WARSHIP CASUALTIES, MED).

Ross Khartoum Wreck

HAD ENGINE FAILURE. LATER REPORTED ASHORE ON BALMEDIE BEACH, 8M N OF ABERDEEN.

Spearfish Wreck

BUILT IN 1957. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. CONVERTED FROM A SIDE-TRAWLER. STRUCK LEG OF SELF-ELEVATING DRILLING RIG PENROD 85. WAS HOLED AND IN SINKING...

St Mark Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH DUTCH M TUG VIKINGBANK.

St Martin Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.