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English: Fatal Collision at Sea between the Steam-Ships Jesmond and Lord Elgin. Illustration for The Illustrated Times, 14 May 1870.

The Earl of Elgin steamship was run into by the steamship Jesmond ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Huntcliffe Foot, Yorkshire with the loss of eight of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by Jesmond. Earl of Elgin was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

SS Earl of Elgin ((1861)), SS Jesmond ((1869))
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Author Henry Spernon Tozer, Staff of the Illustrated Times
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current14:01, 24 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 14:01, 24 March 20231,024 × 904 (179 KB)Broichmore (talk | contribs){{Information |description={{en|1= Fatal Collision at Sea between the Steam-Ships Jesmond and Lord Elgin. Illustration for The Illustrated Times, 14 May 1870.<br > The ''Earl of Elgin'' steamship was run into by the steamship ''Jesmond'' ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Huntcliffe Foot, Yorkshire with the loss of eight of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by ''Jesmond''. ''Earl of Elgin'' was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham...

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