SS Yousuf Baksh

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Name: SS Yousuf Baksh
Port of registry:Civil Ensign of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Fate: Wrecked 1965
General characteristics
Tonnage: 5,975 tons

SS Yousuf Baksh was a 5,975-ton Pakistan registered freighter which caught fire and ran aground in May 1965.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Walmer Lifeboat Station attended the freighter, its cargo of jute being ablaze. The ship had become unsteerable and was drifting helplessly in The Downs - the stretch of water off the Kent coast between the Goodwin Sands and the Cinque Port town of Deal. The Walmer Lifeboat spent over 50 hours afloat, giving assistance and saving lives. Forty-eight survivors were brought ashore in the first hours of the emergency after which the ship's officers, the skipper's wife and two children were also taken safely to Walmer Lifeboat Station. During this time Yousuf Baksh's captain remained aboard his vessel, relinquishing his bridge only after the Walmer Lifeboat returned with a doctor on board to treat a badly injured officer who later died – the only fatality. During the evening the ship ran aground at Sandwich Bay where the fires burnt out. Yousuf Bakhsh and its cargo were a total loss.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Maritime rescue organisation in the UK, Ireland, Channel Island and Isle of Man

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways. There are numerous other lifeboat services operating in the same area.

Walmer Lifeboat Station lifeboat station on the East coast of England in the UK

Walmer Lifeboat Station was established in 1830. Over two thousand ships are believed to have been wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, and the masts of several wrecks are visible from the shore at low tide. Hence there have always been two lifeboats located at the joined towns of Deal and Walmer along the coast opposite the sands.

The Downs (ship anchorage)

The Downs are a roadstead in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England. In 1639 the Battle of the Downs took place here, when the Dutch navy destroyed a Spanish fleet which had sought refuge in neutral English waters. From the Elizabethan era onwards, the presence of the Downs helped to make Deal one of the premier ports in England, and in the 19th century, it was equipped with its own telegraph and timeball tower to enable ships to set their marine chronometers.

The fire fighter that lost his life was Reginald Deverson. There is a bench in St Mary's church yard, Eastry,Kent dedicated to his memory.

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