"Prime Minister" And "Otter"

19th September 1903

These two Scarborough trawlers were in trouble at the same time as the "Eva". The 150ton steam trawler "Prime Minister" owned by the Hull Steam Trawler Company went ashore on the Iron Rocks, half a mile south of Hayburn Wyke at 1:05am. The Captain James Sellers and crew of nine were taken off by the Peterhead steam driffter "Margaret". The "Prime Minister" broke up.

The "Otter" went aground at Ravenscar at 2am and Captain Edward Sellars and his crew of six were discovered rowing aimlessly in the fog by Bay fishermen at 5am. The tug "Cambria" of Scarborough was unable to move the "Otter". Edward was James Sellers cousin.