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Edinburgh
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | Edinburgh | Richard A. Wesencraft | |
| 1895 | Edinburgh | North of England Steamship Co. Ltd | |
| 1899 | Edinburgh | Ogmore S.S. (1899) Co. Ltd. | |
| 1911 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh SS Co. Ltd. |
Fate
Bound from Methil for Oran with a cargo of coal & a crew of twenty Edinburgh was sunk during thick fog in a collision with the Dundee steamer London two nautical miles west of Haisborough Light on 13 February 1913.
A dinghy was lowered & twelve men got into it, two were picked up from the water & two managed to scramble aboard the London.
Survivors stated that the master saw to the safety of his crew before going down with his ship. Four lives lost.
Crew 1913: McIntosh, David, steward; Mitchell, Joseph, chief officer.
Lives lost 1913: Baird, Charles, master, Montrose; Martin, lamptrimmer; Raymond, fireman; Woods, second mate.
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