WALTER RICHTER
Ashore in 1972
By Derek Longly
There are already a number of fine and dramatic photos on site showing the MV Walter Richter ashore and being battered by high seas. These ones, however, are of a different aspect to the event in showing how people flocked to see the wreck when the tide was out.
I have taken the liberty to add two previously unpublished photos taken by my mother. That shows the in between stage of its beaching.
John - Editor.
MV Walter Richter - looking toward Seaford
Derek Longly
MV Walter Richter - With quite a crowd surrounding her
Derek Longly
MV Walter Richter - close up view of the ship ashore
Derek Longly
MV Walter Richter almost high and dry
© M. W. Hills
MV Walter Richter eastside beach
© M.W. Hills