Author: Andrew C A Jampoler
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612513271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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.
Horrible Shipwreck!
Author: Andrew C A Jampoler
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612513271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612513271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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.
Full Particulars of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Ship Tartar, Free Trader, Etc. [A Chapbook.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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A Narrative of the dreadful Shipwreck of the Vryheid, late the Melville-Castle ... a Dutch Indiaman ... Written by one of the survivors
Author: Ship VRYHEID
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Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Narrative of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Medusa Frigate, etc
Author: Frigate MEDUSA
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Poor Souls They Perished
Author: Andrew Lemon
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ISBN: 9781876425661
Category : King Island (Tas.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Shipwreck on King Island, Australia in 1845.
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ISBN: 9781876425661
Category : King Island (Tas.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Shipwreck on King Island, Australia in 1845.
Awful Shipwreck
Author: John Palmer
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
History of the adventurous voyage and terrible shipwreck of the U. S. steamer "Jeannette"
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385414431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385414431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
History of the Adventurous Voyage and Terrible Shipwreck of the U. S. Steamer "Jeannette", in the Polar Seas ...
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; Or, Accounts of the Principal Calamities on the Ocean, which Have Occurred During the Present Century
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Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
Author: Lorri Glover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429930969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when in 1606 Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster. Within two years warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers threatened to destroy Smythe's Jamestown just as it had Raleigh's Roanoke a generation earlier. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609—the largest fleet England had ever assembled—and sailed into the teeth of a storm so violent that "it beat all light from Heaven." The inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest, the hurricane separated the flagship from the fleet, driving it onto reefs off the coast of Bermuda—a lucky shipwreck (all hands survived) which proved the turning point in the colony's fortune.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429930969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when in 1606 Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster. Within two years warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers threatened to destroy Smythe's Jamestown just as it had Raleigh's Roanoke a generation earlier. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609—the largest fleet England had ever assembled—and sailed into the teeth of a storm so violent that "it beat all light from Heaven." The inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest, the hurricane separated the flagship from the fleet, driving it onto reefs off the coast of Bermuda—a lucky shipwreck (all hands survived) which proved the turning point in the colony's fortune.