Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Sunday, April 2, 1961 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		DESPATCH (Dutch coaster in 1961) Own Page

Dreadful accident when Captain’s daughter aged 4 and ship’s cook drown from coaster DESPATCH
Ship's locationEast Greenwich Barge Roads, LondonPort of RegistryNetherlands
Vessel MasterLugthart

 

 

  A dreadful accident happened at London at the East Greenwich Barge Roads when the Captain’s daughter Aliena Lugthart aged 4 years and the ship’s cook Willem Frederik Post aged 42 fell overboard from the Dutch coaster DESPATCH and were drowned.