On Hogmanay, 1904, a collision occurred between the steamers Kathleen and Stromboli off Garvel Point, Greenock. Two engineers in the Kathleen were lost in the accident. This article provides some postcards of the incident and a day-to-day account of the ensuing salvage operations and recovery of the bodies of the engineers from the pages of the Greenock Telegraph. “Disastrous collision at Greenock.—Steamers sunk off Garvel Point.—Two engineers drowned.—Narrow escapes.—The closing hours of 1904 were marred by a lamentable collision which occurred on Saturday night in the river off Garvel Point. The colliding steamers were the Kathleen (Captain Dawson) 1,017 tons register, inward from Bilbao with 2,300 tons of iron ore, and the Stromboli (Captain Drummond), 1,011 tons, outward from Glasgow for Mediterranean ports with a general cargo. During the week the weather on the Clyde has been...