sinking

75 photos and 3 illustrations tagged sinking, from 9 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2014

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Arrival of MV SKAUBRYN at Australian Port with the Intergovernmental Committee on European Migration from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Group of men eating at tables in large dining room from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Passengers rescued from burning MV SKAUBRYN on deck of CITY OF SYDNEY from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
MV SKAUBRYN berthed at night, possible at Kiel, Germany from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Herd of camels in desert from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Five boys pose for the camera in Aden from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
losed deck of passenger ship with people lying in rows and standing looking out of portholes from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Aden from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Passengers rescued from the sinking of the MV SKAUBRYN in the Red Sea, at Aden airport boarding a plane to take them to Australia from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Men and women climbing the gangway to MV ROMA berthed at Aden Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Passengers from MV SKAUBRYN after the fire in the Red Sea from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Officers on desk looking accross harbour, possibly Aden Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Lifeboat from MV ROMA taking ashore passengers rescued from the sinking MV SKAUBRYN from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Starboard view of midships of freighter, possibly CITY OF SYDNEY, in harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018
Two lifeboats from MV SKAUBRYN from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2018

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Miss T. Towsend from N. Zealand who jumped overboard and was rescued by LADY GREY (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Miss Tiria Townshend, age 17, of Blenheim, New Zealand, possibly the only New Zealander survivor of the Empress of Ireland sinking: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP... www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_home/whitst...
Arden said:
pennylrichardsca: Thank you for the additional information on this survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. We will add her fuller name to the description when we update.

Robt. W. Crellin who rescued little girl, Florence L. Barbour (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
From The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, An Authentic Account of the Most Horrible Disaster in Canadian History... by Logan Marshall (L. T. Myers 1914): 69-70.
HERO SAVED WEE GIRL The description of the wreck and the heart-rending scenes that followed, given by Robert W. Crellin, of Silverstone, British Columbia, was graphic. Crellin is a prosperous farmer. He was one of the heroes of the wreck. He saved Florence Barbour, the eight-year-old daughter of a neighbor, by swimming with the child on his back, and, with the aid of another rugged passenger, pulled two women and several men into a collapsible boat. Clad only in a night shirt, Crellin said the water and air were as cold as winter, chilling all hands to the bone. Despite the peril and exposure, flaxen-haired Florence Bar- bour clung to Crellin's neck and never even cried. "The child was pluckier than a stout man/' said Crellin. "She never even whimpered, and complaint was out of the question. You should have seen how the girls and women in the little village of Rimouski hugged her when we got ashore. "Time and time again I feared Florence would lose her hold, and I would speak to her when my mouth and eyes were clear. Each time her little hands would clutch me tighter, until it seemed she'd stop my breath, but I welcomed the hold be- cause it showed she had the pluck and courage needed. "Poor child! She lost her mother and sister, and only a year ago her father, William Barbour, of Silverstone, was killed. She's alone in the world, but Florence will never need a friend or home while I have breath in my body." Big and rugged as he is, Crellin's eyes grew moist as he recalled how the child's mother and three-year-old sister Evelyn were drowned.
Arden said:
Thank you pennylrichardsca for the moving story behind this photograph. We will add some of the details to the description when we update.
pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Here's the complete book free on Google Books: books.google.com/books?id=XrPuHIo7vlYC&dq

HMAS TORRENS I sinking off Sydney Heads

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

kristavanichinnsamy said:
Very nice sea colour. wonderful oldphotos.
excellentzebu1050 said:
Brilliant picture Compliments
victor98_2001 said:
nice shot