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Picture No 12695351
Date 1865
Description Disaster at the Mouth of the Mersey - Wreck of the Lelia
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Disaster at the Mouth of the Mersey off the north west lightship - the cutter-rigged steamer Lelia commanded by Captain Skinner foundering with the loss of 20 lives. She was carrying 700 tonnes of coal and bound for Bermuda. The Liverpool lifeboat was upset in attempting to rescue the Lelia's crew with the loss of seven of the lifeboatmen.
Source Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28 January 1865, page 93
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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