What British ship did Dr. James A. Mcllroy voyage on that was crushed by ice causing her to sink 1n 1916?
McIlroy Peak McIlroy Peak ( ) is a peak rising to 745 m west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nmi south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr. James A. McIlroy, surgeon on the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–16, in the "Endurance", and on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, in the "Quest".
1947 Ramdas ship disaster 1947 "Ramdas" ship disaster occurred near Bombay (now Mumbai) in India. The Indian passenger ship SS "Ramdas", while bound for Rewas in Maharashtra, capsized on 17 July 1947, near Gull Island (Kashyacha Khadak), ten miles from Colaba Point, killing 690 of the people on board.