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Gowrag
20-Oct-08, 14:18
Thanks to Kevin Milkin for his film of the boiler of the trawler Jean Stephens on Reiss Beach.
He is almost right in what he says about the remains of the vessel.
The reason the boiler is shown tilted is because that is how the vessel lay and settled. Once it was realised she could not be pulled off she was cut up for scrap. As well as the boiler, the keel and some of the bottom plates that were too difficult to remove ,were left and could be seen for a time.
They are probably still there but now under the sand.
Keep up the good work Kevin.

Torvaig
20-Oct-08, 16:26
I remember seeing her when she was tilted; we were in awe at the thought of the shipwreck.....