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Wrecking on Les Casquets
- When
- 30 March 1899
- Where
- Les Casquets rocks
SS Stella struck the Les Casquets rocks on 30 March 1899 during a crossing from Southampton to Guernsey, resulting in the loss of life.
The ferry left Southampton on Maundy Thursday carrying 147 passengers and 43 crew. Approaching the Channel Islands, the ship encountered a fog bank but did not reduce speed. It wrecked against the rocks, which are part of an underwater sandstone ridge northwest of Alderney.
Sources
- SS Stella (1890) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-07
- Les Casquets Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-27
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