On the Beach at Aberdeen

disaster at sea
on the beach at Aberdeen
run aground - shipwrecked

The Queen', Aberdeen Beach, 1883

The coal ladden schooner, 'The Queen' driven ashore on Aberdeen Beach in March 1883, during a terrible gale. It was unable to make the crossing of the bar at the entrance to the harbour and a number of the crew, frozen and stiff with cold, were blown off the rigging and drowned in the night.