C26136. End of [Lightship] No. 117. Time Magazine
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C26136. End of [Lightship] No. 117. Time Magazine
C26136. End of [Lightship] No. 117. Time Magazine. Mar 28, 1934. Lightship No. 117 was built in 1930 at Charleston , SC. And was lost at sea on May 15, 1934 when it was rammed and sunk by the RMS Olympic, the sister vessel to RMS Titanic. Seven men were killed instantly when Olympic struck. The light ship had been rammed already that year in the fog, and the following month the Olympic actually collided with LV-117 and sent it to the bottom in seconds. Four crewmen went down with the ship while the Olympic rescued the remaining seven crewmen. Three of these men would later die from injuries and exposure. The British Government paid for the construction of a new lightship, the ‘112 as reparation for the accident. Half page article reports on the details of the incident including background information as well as testimony from the Olympic’s crew. Filled with other interesting pre-war articles and advertisements of the day. (Photocopy $1).