The steamer Wexford, with her flared bow, tall masts, and her open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as she carried cargo across the Great Lakes. The romance and adventure of her British and French history in the South American trade followed her. Under newly appointed 24-year-old captain Bruce Cameron, her fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be saved from destruction , but his persistence in trying to make port at Goderich led to tragedy – a victim of the storm of 1913. Over a period of 87 years, she eluded many efforts to locate her remains, but was finally discovered in 2000 by a sailor using a fish-finding device. Since then, she has been visited by thousands, but sadly plundered. Our story traces her history from her British origins in 1883, through the transition to become a 'Laker, ’ the eventful storm, the search, and her ultimate discovery in southern Lake Huron, and the controversy over how she should be protected.
Paul Carroll
The Wexford
Elusive Shipwreck of the Great Storm, 1913
The Wexford
Elusive Shipwreck of the Great Storm, 1913
Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● Strony 328 ● ISBN 9781770705449 ● Rozmiar pliku 5.9 MB ● Wydawca Dundurn ● Miasto Toronto ● Kraj CA ● Opublikowany 2010 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 2482673 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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