The Waesland is Struck in the Fog (1902)

For most people the thick fog that enveloped part of the United Kingdom in early March of 1902 was a matter of inconvenience. It covered the Irish Channel, Holyhead, Southampton, and London. In London people found that traveling by any sort of vehicle was impossible and they could only fumble their way home on foot. For ships in the harbors it meant delays, passengers stuck in ports and mail not getting delivered. The situation was more serious for the ships who had already left port. At least one ship grounded near Holyhead and her passengers were forced to go to shore in boats, but worse news was yet to come.  Ship name: Waesland (formerly the Russia) Year Built: 1867 Nationality: United Kingdom  Tonnage: 4,752 Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamship  Year Sank: 1902 Location Sank: Off Anglesey Reason for Sinking: Collision with another ship  Lives Lost: 2  Sources:  https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/trans-atlantic_passenger_ships__past_and_present_~_1947.pdf https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/49790289/9789464261165_Innes_McCartney_Echoes_from_the_Deep_ebook.pdf https://www.scribd.com/document/34508928/1910-Steamships-Their-Story https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3319319/3319322/19/waesland http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/russia/ https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-43000/NH-43099.html https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3605523/3605528/56/waesland https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3484682/3484685/33/waesland https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/04/11/101946387.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/03/07/101264957.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136656361?searchTerm=waesland%20ship%201902 http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/ships.asp?articleid=129&zoneid=5 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/03/08/101940536.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87822504?searchTerm=waesland%20ship%201902