A MEMORIAL to the 35 passengers and crew who lost their lives when the SS Ellan Vannin sank a century ago has taken place on the Mersey.
The service took place onboard the Mersey ferry Snowdrop.
Chief Minister Tony Brown and Steam Packet chairman Robert Quayle cast wreaths into the waters of the Mersey where the 21 crew members and 14 passengers perished.
Mr Brown told the gathering which included descendants of victims of the disaster, that the sinking of the Ellan Vannin on December 3, 1909 was 'to this day remembered as a most tragic event in Island's history'
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