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Tuesday, July 5, 1966 @ 1400
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

A passenger from excursion steamer KING GEORGE V collapses and dies while visiting Isle of Staffa
Ship's locationIsle of Staffa, Western Isles of ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

   A 74-year-old man from Morecambe (England) collapsed and died when, with other passengers from the excursion passenger steamer KING GEORGE V, he was ashore and visiting Fingal’s Cave on the remote and uninhabited Island of Staffa.

   The man was on holiday in Scotland with his wife and brother and had gone ashore to visit the Cave and had just reached the entrance when he collapsed.

   KING GEORGE V was on her usual excursion cruise from Oban to Iona, Staffa and Tobermory and the man’s body was brought aboard the ship and taken to Oban.