A little undignified for a lord, but Fred Brunskill tells us: ”The steam powered trawler Lord Cecil was a brand new vessel built at Smiths Docks for the Grimsby Beacon Trawling Company. She left the Tees bound for Grimsby but became grounded inside of Westscar and was rolling so violently that during the rescue Redcar’s ‘Fifi & Charles’ lifeboat was damaged in the process. On subsequent tides she drifted onto the beach opposite the bandstand.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Fred Brunskill for the update.
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