Rescue of yacht (S.T.V.) Moyana (1899) by Motor Vessel Clan Maclean (1947), recorded 29th July 1956

This is a green paper covered lace held "album", containing 12 photographs glued one to a page. The yacht Moyana was owned by the Sea Change Sailing Trust and having won the first International Sail Training Race from Torbay to Lison in June/July 1956, was returning to England when caught in storm-force conditions. The yacht was begining to become strained and taking on water, and with a shift in conditions was drifting onto a lee shore. A request for the crew and cadets to be rescued was answered by Clan Maclean with Peruvian Reefer standing by. An account of her loss is recorded in the following article:
CAPTAIN WHALLEY WAKEFORD AND TRAINING FOR THE MERCHANT NAVY. By
PROFESSOR FRANCIS DOUGLAS (http://www.seachangesailingtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CAPTAIN-WHALLEY-WAKEFORD-AND-PRE-SEA-TRAINING-FOR-THE-MERCHANT-NAVY.pdf)

The album is titled on the front cover as follows:
RESCUE OF THE CREW OF / MOYANA / BY THE / M.V. CLAN MACLEAN / AS RECORDED BY SHACKLETON AIRCRAFT / OF COASTAL COMMAND

Object Details

ID: ALB1173
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Circa 1956
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 333 mm x 205 mm
Parts: Rescue of yacht (S.T.V.) Moyana (1899) by Motor Vessel Clan Maclean (1947), recorded 29th July 1956