Title

'Famous Wrecks of Bygone Days: Some Historic Disasters at Sea', April 20, 1912. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Famous Wrecks of Bygone Days: Some Historic Disasters at Sea - Recalled by the Disaster which has Overtaken the Titanic', April 20, 1912. 'The Stella, wrecked on the Casquets, near Alderney, 30 March 1899. Seventy-five lives were lost', and 'The Drummond Castle', a steamship operated by the Castle Mail Packets Co, wrecked off the Brittany coast en route from Cape Town to London on 16 June 1896. Of the 103 crew and 143 passengers on board, only 3 people survived the disaster. Page 12, from "Titanic In Memoriam Number", a special supplement in "The Daily Graphic" newspaper issued following the sinking of the 'Titanic' on 15 April 1912, published on 20 April 1912.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1912

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D53_059

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,2in x 15,7in / 3650 x 4695 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea industry France ship ships geography liner ocean liner Victorian century shipwreck Brittany sinking TITANIC B&W MONOCHROME shipping Industry 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W stella 1910s 20th century nineteenth century Alderney The Print Collector geographical feature TGN Bailiwick of Guernsey newspaper shipping line Unknown Castle Mail Packets Co Drummond Castle RMS Titanic Daily Graphic The Daily Graphic Castle Shipping Line