The Palme was a ship from what is now Finland but at the time was a part of the Russian Empire. On Christmas Eve she sought shelter in Dublin Bay but in the raging storm the bay did not offer her enough shelter to stop her from dragging her anchor. The Captain and the people on board the ship could see their ship drawing closer to the rocks and they fired their rockets as a sign of their distress. Immediately the life saving crews sprang into action, but the rescue was more difficult than anyone could have imagined. The events that followed would become best known as the Kingstown Lifeboat Disaster.
Ship: The Palme
Tonnage: 1114
Type: Sailing Barque
From: Finland
Wrecked: Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Date Wrecked: December 24, 1895
Sources:
https://www.excellentstreetimages.com/dublin-street-photography/photo-diary-of-dublin-2018/february-2018-photo-diary/february-2018-visit-to-dun-laoghaire/lifeboat-and-memorial-nearby/
https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/dun-laoghaire-lifeboat-station/station-history-dun-laoghaire
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30104179
https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/16/179/terrible-life-boat-disaster-at-kingstown?searchterm=Yacht+Gan&page=956
Picture taken by Hohenloh and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, used with thanks
