Description

The Evening Express on the 25th of June, 1908 published the following piece, a small note on page three: “The Spanish liner Larache, from Buenos Ayres, has been wrecked between Muros and Puerto del Sun. There are no details of the disaster to hand, but forty passengers who were on board the vessel have reached Muros.” 

Ship Name: Larache

Ship Type: Metal Hulled Steamship 

Tonnage: 1543

Year Built: 1872

Nationality: Spanish 

Year Wrecked: 1908

Location Wrecked: Off Coast of Muros, Spain 

Reason for Wreck: Uncharted Rock 

Lives Lost: Estimated Near 150 

Sources: 

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3434180/3434186/150/larache

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4191225/4191228/68/larache

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4191245/4191248/63/larache

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4191340/4191342/23/larache

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-standard-jun-27-1908-p-7/

https://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald-jun-26-1908-p-3/

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM19081208.2.37?end_date=31-12-1913&items_per_page=10&page=6&query=larache&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1906&type=ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION

https://newspaperarchive.com/helena-independent-record-jun-26-1908-p-1/

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12655657

https://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=105469

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19080626.2.23?end_date=31-12-1913&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=larache&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1906&type=ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19080811.2.26?end_date=31-12-1913&items_per_page=10&page=5&query=larache&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1906&type=ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19080626.2.69?end_date=31-12-1913&items_per_page=10&page=3&query=larache&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1906&type=ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080629.2.45?end_date=31-12-1913&items_per_page=10&query=larache&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1906&type=ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION

https://rimartes.com/portfolio/larache/?lang=en