Therefore, traffic to the cities on the east coast was directed around Scotland, and in July it was again necessary to reestablish direct sailings between the Thames and the Bristol channel, past Dover.
7 she was listing about 10 ° to port because her cargo had shifted, and at 10:00 all men were called on deck because a heavy sea had taken the icebox and carried it towards the airpipe forward of the after hold with such force that the pipe broke off near the deck.
Her list increased and she sank deeper and deeper by the stern, resulting in the after hatch being forced open so that the hold started to flood at 11:15.