Horrible Shipwreck
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Author |
: Andrew C A Jampoler |
Publisher |
: Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2010-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612513270 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612513271 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Horrible Shipwreck! by : Andrew C A Jampoler
On August 25, 1833, the British convict ship Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children along with a crew of thirteen, left London for a convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on the beach at Boulogne--in sight of hundreds of horrified onlookers. Inexplicably, the captain, John Hunter, had refused offers of aid from the shore. Sensational news coverage of the calamity prompted an Admiralty investigation to find out who was responsible. The suspicion was that Hunter and the surgeon aboard rejected assistance because they feared the women would escape custody. Some blamed the doctor’s wife because she had refused to go ashore in the same boat with the convicts so no boat was launched. Colorfully set in the political and social context of early 19th century Great Britain, this account of the shipwreck is peopled with a fascinating cast of characters that includes John Wilks, the Paris correspondent of a London newspaper whose reporting triggered public emotions; Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary; William Hamilton, the British consul who led the investigation; Sarah Austin, a British expatriate whose heroism the night of the wreck merits an award; and a Prussian prince. Drawing from government records in England, Scotland, and France, and from contemporary reports, Andrew Jampoler spins a memorable sea tale that is entirely true yet rivals the best of fiction. Readers will find this latest addition to his growing body of works firmly cements Jampoler’s reputation as a master storyteller.
Author |
: John Palmer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1837 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCBK:C008699552 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Awful Shipwreck by : John Palmer
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: |
Total Pages |
: 8 |
Release |
: 1840 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0025254957 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Full Particulars of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Ship Tartar, Free Trader, Etc. [A Chapbook.] by :
Author |
: Frigate MEDUSA |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 22 |
Release |
: 1820 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0024166065 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Narrative of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Medusa Frigate, etc by : Frigate MEDUSA
Author |
: Ship VRYHEID |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 30 |
Release |
: 1802 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0017460588 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Narrative of the dreadful Shipwreck of the Vryheid, late the Melville-Castle ... a Dutch Indiaman ... Written by one of the survivors by : Ship VRYHEID
Author |
: William Henry |
Publisher |
: Mercier Press Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2009-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781856358460 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1856358461 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Coffin Ship by : William Henry
The tragic tale of the sinking of the famine ship, the St. John in Massachusetts Bay in 1849. The Great Irish Famine drove huge numbers of Irish men and women to leave the island and pursue their survival in foreign lands. In 1847, some 200,000 people sailed for Boston alone. Of this massive group, 2,000 never made it to their destination, killed by disease and hunger during the voyages, their remains consigned to a watery grave. The sinking of the brig St. John off the coast of Massachusetts in October 1849, was only one of many tragic events to occur during this mass exodus. The ship had sailed from Galway, loaded with passengers so desperate to escape the effects of famine that some had walked from as far afield as Clare to reach the ship. The passengers on the St. John made it to within sight of the New World before their ship went down and they were abandoned by their captain, who denied that there had been any survivors when he and some of his crew made it ashore. For those who died in the seas off Massachusetts, there was nothing to mark their last resting place; no name, no memory of them ever having existed, just another statistic in a terrible tragedy.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 1882 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044050968726 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis History of the Adventurous Voyage and Terrible Shipwreck of the U. S. Steamer "Jeannette", in the Polar Seas ... by :
Author |
: Anonymous |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 102 |
Release |
: 2024-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783385414426 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3385414423 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis History of the adventurous voyage and terrible shipwreck of the U. S. steamer "Jeannette" by : Anonymous
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
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: |
Total Pages |
: 468 |
Release |
: 1863 |
ISBN-10 |
: SRLF:B0000007997 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; Or, Accounts of the Principal Calamities on the Ocean, which Have Occurred During the Present Century by :
Author |
: Andrew Lemon |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1876425660 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781876425661 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Poor Souls They Perished by : Andrew Lemon
Shipwreck on King Island, Australia in 1845.