<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria" class="extiw" title="en:MV Princess Victoria">Princess Victoria</a> roro ferry went down during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953" class="extiw" title="en:North Sea flood of 1953">North Sea flood of 1953</a>.
</p><p>On the 31st January in the year of '53 when the <i>Princess Victoria</i> left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranraer" class="extiw" title="en:Stranraer">Stranraer</a> to cross the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Sea" class="extiw" title="en:Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> a northerly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale" class="extiw" title="en:Gale">gale</a> was blowing and the sea was mountains high when the Captain sent an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS" class="extiw" title="en:SOS">S.O.S.</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portpatrick" class="extiw" title="en:Portpatrick">Portpatricks</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugboat" class="extiw" title="en:Tugboat">tug</a> stood by...
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