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SS ''Alba'' was a Panamanian-registered ship owned by Burger B. that sank off St Ives in Cornwall, England on 31 January 1938. ==Shipwreck== ''Alba'' was seeking shelter from rough seas driven by a northwesterly gale and her captain, Joseph Horvath,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138476 )〕 guided her into St Ives Bay. He mistook the lights of Porthmeor for the lights of St Ives, and ''Alba'' went aground on the Three Brothers Rocks.〔 All ''Alba''s 23 crew members were initially rescued on the first run by the local RNLI lifeboat ''Caroline Parsons'', but the lifeboat overturned on its way to shore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=When the Boat Goes Out ) States that two crewmen died and has image of cemetery plaque commemorating two ship's engineers.〕 With its engine not working, ''Caroline Parsons'' was driven ashore. Using torches and lamps rescuers managed to save all the members of the RNLI's crew, but five of ''Alba''s crew died. Three bodies were brought ashore and two others were never found.〔 An inquest on the three was held on 2 February 1938, and returned a finding of accidental death. ''The Times'' records them as Ernest Stitanovic, first engineer aged 50 from Budapest; Gyulya Szabo, second engineer aged 28 from Tapocla, Hungary; and George Kovacs, mess-room boy aged 26 from Budapest, and notes that "The two missing bodies have not yet been recovered". Two of the crew, named as engineers Ernest Stipanovi and Gyula Szabo, are commemorated on a plaque in Barnoon cemetery.〔 Several sources incorrectly state that only two of the crew died.〔 At the inquest it was asserted that the Godrevy Lighthouse shone less brightly since its recent conversion to an unmanned light, the implication being that this might have contributed to the accident.〔 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「SS Alba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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