“It will scarcely be believed that the island, which is a British dependency, is absolutely unlighted…Some seven years since I was speaking on the subject to Captain Conlan, then of the Orient Company’s ship Orizaba, who said ‘there will never be a light on Socotra until a P and O ship is wrecked there,’” opinion piece written to the London Times, 1897. Captain Conlan proved to be incorrect, the wreck of a P and O ship did not result in a lighthouse being built, though it did make more people call for one.
Ship Name: Aden
Nationality: British
Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamer
Year Built: 1892
Tonnage: 2517
Year Wrecked: 1897
Location Wrecked: Socotra
Reason For Wreck: Hit Reef During Storm
Lives Lost: 78
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