The Sinking of the S.S Stella

Season: 7 Episode: 23

On Easter Thursday 1899, the SS Stella set sail from Southampton bound for Guernsey. Just hours later, in thick fog, the luxury passenger steamer struck the notorious Casquets reef and sank within minutes, claiming more than 100 lives in one of Britain's worst Victorian maritime disasters.

CAST

Mr James Parton - Steve Sheperd

Man in Dinghy - Guy Pass

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SOURCES

Western Mail - Saturday 01 April 1899

Western Daily Mercury - Tuesday 04 April 1899

Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph - Saturday 03 June 1899

Southampton Tourists Guide Association

Southampton Museum

Guernsey Museum

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