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no.8345

SS Arnotegi-Mendi and Hopper Aground

20 Jan 1925

View from the top of customs tower on Roa Island looking Southwest across the coastguard cottages and lifeboat station at LMS Hopper No 2 and cargo ship SS Arnotegi - Mendi aground on the foreshore. Photographer on foreshore. Railway buffers in foreground. Piel island in the mist right. Ship was carrying 6,000 tons of iron ore from Almeria to barrow for the Askam and Millom Ironworks. The hopper came off the Piel Island Jetty on the evening of the 20 Jan and Arnoldi- Mendi was expected to be refloated on the next high tide.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=10107

no.8345

SS Arnotegi-Mendi and Hopper Aground

20 Jan 1925

View from the top of customs tower on Roa Island looking Southwest across the coastguard cottages and lifeboat station at LMS Hopper No 2 and cargo ship SS Arnotegi - Mendi aground on the foreshore. Photographer on foreshore. Railway buffers in foreground. Piel island in the mist right. Ship was carrying 6,000 tons of iron ore from Almeria to barrow for the Askam and Millom Ironworks. The hopper came off the Piel Island Jetty on the evening of the 20 Jan and Arnoldi- Mendi was expected to be refloated on the next high tide.

Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7876
Sankey Number: 8345

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