The SS Daphne sinks moments after her…

The SS Daphne sinks moments after her launching at a shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, with around two hundred workmen on board, ready to begin fitting her out as soon as she is properly afloat, at the time she is launched on July 3, 1883.

As per the usual practice, anchors are attached by cable to each side of the ship being launched.

As the Daphne moved into the river, the anchors failed to stop the ship's forward progress.

The starboard anchor moved only six or seven yards yards but the port anchor was dragged sixty yards.

The current of the river caught the Daphne and flipped it over onto its port side, sinking it in deep water.

Around seventy lives are saved, but one hundred and twenty-four die (some sources say one hundred and ninety-five died), including many young boys, some of whose relatives are watching the ceremony from shore.

An inquiry is held afterward; the shipyard owners are held blameless, which leads to claims of a cover-up.

The cause of the disaster is reported to be little initial stability combined with too much loose gear and too many people aboard.

The Daphne is raised, repaired, and renamed the Rose.

One of the outcomes of the disaster is the limiting of personnel aboard to only those necessary for mooring the ship after the launch.