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On Tuesday the 9th of February
1897, having sailed from Boston with Captain Edward Lewis of Liverpool
in command, the ANGLOMAN approached the north coast of Anglesey with
Holyhead off her starboard bow. In addition to 700 cattle and 1,500
sheep, there were on board a crew of fifty five together with a
further eighteen cattlemen, and as most of them were residents of
Liverpool, all were looking forward to their imminent arrival at the
port. However, there was one obstacle in her path. She needed to be on
a course that would take her to the north of the Skerries, leaving her
with a clear run on to Liverpool. But there was thick fog, and at 8.30
that morning, the time of low water, while still travelling at 8.5
knots, she went aground on the West Platters, an outcrop of low lying
rocks a few hundred yards from the Lighthouse on the Skerries.
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Fittings
salvaged from the S.S. Angloman: |
There are other items
in the Gallery. |
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Above is a picture of
Captain Edward Lewis - he was
captain of the ANGLOMAN
when she was lost in 1897. |
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