The sea (microform) - its stirring story of adventure, peril and heroism (1880) (20610146282)

Title: The sea (microform) : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism
Identifier: cihm_17845 (find matches)
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Whymper, Frederick, b. 1838
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan
Publisher: London; New York : Cassel, Petter, Galpin
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2:JS TlIK HKA. Wiik'i*. Vi't where is the officer it the man—let liiin I)C the hest seaman in the world—who can sayj ' Such would not have heen the I'hin/dlce'n fate had I commanded her?' The fact is, the disaster, truly lamentable as it is, mij>;ht have happened to any seaman. With a fair wind, smooth water, and within a short distance of her anchoraj^e, runniii close under the hij^h land of the Isle of Wight to notice the hurricane-like scpiall rushing down upon her in time to prepare for it, the siiip was literally forced imder water, the accumulatinjji: weight of whicli eventually capsized her beyond recovery. Adverse comments have been made on the ports being open; but with u fair wind,, l!l
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H.M.S. "EVKTPICE 0\ IIEU HEAM-ENUS JfST AFTER THE SQUALL smouth water, and Spithead close by, what danger could possibly be apparent, to cause theni to be closed after a sea-voyage so nearly ended? Had the Enri/dice met with the- same squall at sea she would have weathered it." * The court-martial Avhich assembled on the :J7th of August, 1878, on board the Bufce «f U'l'inIll/Ion flagship, under the presidency of Admiral Fanshawo, CIV, Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth, reported that the ship had foundered from pressure of wind upon her sails during a sudden and exceptionally dense snow.storm, which overtook her when its approach was partially hidden by the proximity of the ship to high land. "Some of the upper half-ports on the main-deck were open at the time, which materially conduced • VnUed Service Gazette.

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