The 'Madge Wildfire' wrecked at Langness 2 March 1941
Date(s): 20th century
Scope & Content: This photograph is from a collection of shipping and wreck photographs amassed by Captain Thomas Henry Corteen (Tom Corteen) between the 1930s and 1970s.
Stern View reconstruction- part of the middle of the vessel has been drawn in by hand. Photographs glued to board.
Administration / Biographical History: For accompanying papers see MS 11514.
Language: eng
Extent: 23 x 29 cm
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/15909/40
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations or restrictions are implemented on this material. Advance notification of a research visit is advisable by emailing library@mnh.gov.im
Subject tags : #ALLATSEA
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- Account of the wartime experiences at Dunkirk of Tom Corteen aboard requisitioned Steam Packet vessel 'Manxman' evacuating British troops (memoirs)
- Papers of Captain Thomas Henry Corteen (Tom Corteen) relating predominantly to his merchant navy career, latterly with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (certificates, service record, references, discharge sheets, correspondence, memoirs, unused postcards of vessels)
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