Crystal Jewel

The picture of Crystal Jewel after collision put a cold shiver down my spine, I saw that scene on the day that it happened whilst still in a thick fog, and it put a shiver down my spine on that day also. I was a crew member on the Meeching that took her in tow from Beachy Head into Seaford Bay where we beached her.

Lol, no worries Dave, its a great pic from my point of view. might interest yyou to know that I got £860 salvage money out of that job, not bad at the time for a lowly paid AB. Just a pity there were such tragic cir***stances surrounding the collision. Thanks again for another trip down memory lane. JIM

Marsat2.Lo and behold my old pal Jim you never know who's going to pop up on sites like these.Longtime since the laurentian Forest eh,young fella???

nice repair job

Interesting, but also very sad.

What happened??

Coastie,
To answer you in part, it was 23 September 1961 and the link below give some of the story.
http://www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page_id__383_path__0p69p63p.aspx

Regards
Tonga