Overview
Progress was carrying pitch when it foundered 60 miles off May Island on 24 March 1898. The cargo connects this wreck to the work of moving pitch by sea. The vessel was a wooden schooner of 178 tons, registered at Banff.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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