A Meager Jubilee on the Aden (1897)

“It will scarcely be believed that the island, which is a British dependency, is absolutely unlighted…Some seven years since I was speaking on the subject to Captain Conlan, then of the Orient Company’s ship Orizaba, who said ‘there will never be a light on Socotra until a P and O ship is wrecked there,’” opinion piece written to the London Times, 1897. Captain Conlan proved to be incorrect, the wreck of a P and O ship did not result in a lighthouse being built, though it did make more people call for one. Ship Name: Aden  Nationality: British  Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamer  Year Built: 1892 Tonnage: 2517 Year Wrecked: 1897 Location Wrecked: Socotra  Reason For Wreck: Hit Reef During Storm  Lives Lost: 78 Sources: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190517295?searchTerm=aden%20ship%20wreck https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81618123/8250501 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/onmyplate/103390/?source=app&frmapp=yes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134872746?searchTerm=aden%20ship%20wreck https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172406725?searchTerm=aden%20ship%20wreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3271561/3271564/39/aden%20ship%20wreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3739041/3739045/59/aden%20ship%20wreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3018995/3018998/43/aden%20ship%20wreck https://books.google.com/books?id=_ywAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA207&dq=aden+shipwreck+africa+1897&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW9cr55f-AAxVSjYkEHWDrDXIQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=aden%20shipwreck%20africa%201897&f=false https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35083265 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14128057 https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3371025 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18970819.2.3 https://www.pandosnco.co.uk/ssaden.html