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The ''Rothsay Castle'' (also spelt ''Rothesay Castle'') was a paddle steamer built in 1816 for service on the River Clyde, Scotland, and was later transferred to Liverpool, England, where she was used for day trips along the coast of North Wales. She was shipwrecked on the Lavan Sands ((ウェールズ語:Traeth Lafan)) at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, North Wales, in 1831, with the loss of 130 lives. ==Final voyage== At around midday on 17 August 1831, she left Liverpool carrying 150 passengers. She had been intended to leave at 10 am but was delayed by the weather and the late arrival of a passenger. On leaving the Mersey estuary, she encountered a strong NNW wind and a rough sea. One of the passengers went to see the captain, a Captain Atkinson, to ask him to return to port, but he found Atkinson drunk and unwilling to consider turning back. By 10 pm the ship had still only reached the Great Orme and the ship was found to have two feet of water in the stokehold. The pumps were found not to work, there was not even a bucket available for bailing, and the single lifeboat (shipboard) had a hole in the bottom and had no oars. At around 1 am on 18 August the ''Rothsay Castle'' ran aground on Dutchman Bank and after a while broke up, the captain and the two mates being swept to their death when the funnel collapsed. Twenty three passengers were rescued in the morning. Bodies were washed up over a wide area of Anglesey and the Welsh mainland. An inquest was held at Beaumaris and the jury concluded:
As a result of this man-made disaster, a lifeboat was established at Penmon on the south-east tip of Anglesey in 1832 and a lighthouse built there in 1837. Grave of victims of the "Rothsey Castle" disaster at Llanfaes churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 932587.jpg|Victims' grave in Llanfaes churchyard Trwyn Du lighthouse in stormy seas ^2 - geograph.org.uk - 952614.jpg|Trwyn Du lighthouse, Penmon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PS Rothsay Castle (1816)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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