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CHARLES - Saltwick Nab

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2012 6:47 pm
by northeast
1904, 565grt
Wm.Dobson, Newcastle (137) as the collier BROMLEY, Commercial Gas & Coal Company
1926 HARLEY, Harrisons (London) Ltd.
1927 SCHELDESOP, T.Nolson, Ghent
Wrecked on the Goodwin Sands 9/1/1930, refloated, CTL
Sold to L.Hermans, Antwerp in 1930 and renamed CHARLES in 1932
Wrecked on 03/02/1940 at Saltwick Nab, south of Whitby on a voyage from the Tyne to Bruges with coal
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As this extract from Larne shows, a tragic night for the lifeboat as well as the crew of the doomed vessel
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