Recent additions to the Argyll section of the website include HMS Jason, SS Nessmore, SS Pelican, SS Milewater, SS Nydalen, SS Luneda, SS Limelight, MV Kartli and the puffer John Strachan along with new shipwreck views of the MV Mobeka and SS Byron Darnton. All these can be found in the Argyll section or by typing in wreck name in the search box at top of most pages. Here is a link to the Russian fish factory ship Kartli one of the few wrecks we have been able to investigate above the water. Click on the picture below to get the full story.
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Good evening my grandfather wrecked with his boat a belgian wooden hull, on the date 19th january 1942 on Carskey Bay. Five fishermen left their lives at sea that day. The boat named Anne – Marie, O349. The same day wrekked the MV Mobeka. About Mobeka is existing large information. I wander if there would exist anything like written reports, pictures, testemony’s on behalf of the desaster. Many thanks for tour response
Hi Peter, Thanks for your interest in our site. Unfortunately we have little information on the loss of the
Anna Marie due to wartime reporting restrictions when details of the loss of even the smallest vessel were
restricted by censorship. There is no mention of the incident in the newspapers of the day for this reason.
I have included below the few words relating to the loss from the report from the Campbeltown lifeboat.
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE
AT CAMPBELTOWN
J ANUARY 19 T H . – CAMPBLETOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND
PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a
ship was ashore in front of the watch hut in Carskiey Bay. Five minutes later a second message came that another vessel had
just stranded west of Carskey Bay. At 8.45 the motor life-boat Duke of Connaught, on temporary duty at the station, put out.
She had before her a journey of 25 miles. A strong south-south-east wind was blowing, with increasing force, and a rising sea.
She had only just left harbour when the rudder was damaged by the seas. It was temporarily repaired, and fighting her way
against a strong tide, the lifeboat arrived in Carskey Bay about eleven o’clock. The first of the two vessels to come
ashore was the Belgian fishing boat Anna Maria, with a crew of six. She was being pounded on the rocks by the heavy seas.
The coastguard lifesaving apparatus fired a line to her, but the fishing boat had heeled over, and her crew were too numbed
to haul in the breeches buoy. They jumped into the sea, but only one of them reached shore
Hi Peter, sorry for your loss. Last night one of my friends had posted a photo of the gravestone on one of our local pages. Which I then searched to try and find out some information and came across your post. I will look through our local history pages and if you would like photos I can send them.
Many thanks Norma, I am looking forward towards further information.
Many best regards
Peter
Section Argyll – RMS Labrador – Wrecked on Mackenzie’s Rock – Mar 1st 1899
I am doing a census of the Wreck Mail for this ship. Left Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Feb 23rd and had sealed mail bags from Canada & Newfoundland. The Canada Mail went to Glasgow and most have GPO seal labels with The Newfoundland Mail to Liverpool. All Glasgow covers have the multiuse: purple boxed – Damaged by emersion in sea water” strike. This website shows a picture of mail attributed to The Wreck, but clearly the USA envelope is dated Oct 20 1899 slogan cancel. (Too Late)
I would like to verify of the other covers pictured are indeed – RMS Labrador Covers.
Can the webmaster communicate with me/us?
Leigh, Thanks for your comment. We agree with your conclusion that the USA envelope has been incorrectly attributed to the LABRADOR. We picked up the photograph from a stamp collecting website which is where the original error has been made. We do believe the others are correctly attributed but, given the error on the USA envelope we cannot be 100% certain, so have removed the offending slide from our website.
Thanks again for getting in touch.
Ian Crawford
Thx Ian, happy to make adjustments when required. I will scan and fwd. two items…One processed from Liverpool and one from Glasgow so you have copies of what most recovered mail looks like. This of course doesn’t guarantee 100% that all mail is franked similarly. The dates on Covers and post cards should be
around the March 10th dating as the mail was defied and processed on to the destinations
May I have an email to send accordingly?.
Best regards, Leigh
yes you can use them on line if you wish.