The Khersonese & The Mindora – A Fearful Collision In The Channel
Each carrying valuable cargoes, the sailing ship Khersonese and the barque Mindora fatefully collided on 27th November 1864 off Folkestone.
Each carrying valuable cargoes, the sailing ship Khersonese and the barque Mindora fatefully collided on 27th November 1864 off Folkestone.
The air battle was watched by people from Abbott's Cliff, Dover, where British coal convoy CW8 took heavy losses from German dive bombers.
The second hand and helmsman managed to squeeze the deck-boy out through a window, but they could not follow and went down with the ship.
There are over 360 English Channel shipwrecks and other diveable marks to explore around the Kent coast including Dover and Folkestone.