A relief lightship, the original having been taken off station the previous week for overhaul and repair, but the original crew still on station. During the early hours of a Monday, in dense fog, with considerable congestion in the channel, the Ellerman liner SS CITY OF YORK, 7,834 tons gross, on passage for London, crashed into the light vessel. The watchman on deck had no time to raise the alarm before they were struck. The light vessel was cut in two and sank in less than a minute, six of the crew of seven being thrown into the sea, the missing member being the captain who is thought to have gone down with the vessel, still in his cabin. The LADY BEATTY, a Deal motor boat was on the scene two hours before the Ramsgate lifeboat and made a thorough search for the missing man. On returning to Deal they were asked by Trinity House to act as a temporary light vessel, until a reserve craft could be put on station. Owner: Trinity House Master: Williams Crew: 7 Crew Lost: 1 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. TT.19.03.1929(Tue)(R) p13; The Sea Thine Enemy, p142; GSS. Larn. R. 1977 p153

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.