Tug Punch heavily damaged when she hit the wreck of the Frederick Snowdon according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 11 March 1898

An item dated South Shields, England 9th reported that the tug Punch which towed the steamship Ganges towards open sea hit the wreck of the steamship Frederick Snowdon braking her foremast and damaging seriously her (paddle)wheels.