Hi Carl. Thanks for drawing our attention to your Welsh shipwrecks website. One of the master mariners I'm following (Captain John Kelly of Belfast) ran into a spot of trouble in May 1892 while bringing the paddle steamer Kohinoor from Glasgow to London on her delivery trip. They ran into thick fog and struck the Porthgain Rocks near Milford Haven. Her bow was concertinaed (an interesting verb) to a depth of 20 feet but they got her back to Glasgow under her own steam. There, Fairfield Shipbuilding (Govan) constructed and fitted a new bow in just six days and she eventually made it to London where she ran on the Thames (London Bridge to Harwich and back) for many years with the Victoria Steamboat Association (not under the command of my man). Not much of a wreck but thought you might be interested. Harold In a message dated 8/12/2013 1:24:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Many thanks to Paul for drawing our attention to the obituary in today's Daily Telegraph of Kenneth Dancy mate of the salvage tug Turmoil. I was 7 years old at the time and well recall the story of the attempted salvage. I was a sensitive lad and both fascinated and appalled by the plight of the Flying Enterprise. What most frightened me were the photo's of Dancy and Carlsen walking down the funnel when she was on her beam ends. This was one of the factors which led to a lifetime interest in shipwreck and life-saving at sea. At that time I was unaware that earlier generations of my father's family had been in The Mumbles Lifeboat crew and that two had lost their lives on service. Years later I was in the crew myself and enjoyed 20 years of great camaraderie. Fortunately we did not experience anything as bad as the loss of the Flying Enterprise. Those of you who may be interested in shipwreck and rescue on the coast of Wales may wish to take a look at my website: www.shipwrecks-wales.co.uk Many thanks to all for a wonderful List and the knowledgeable members. Carl Smith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message