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Madagascar was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China in 1837 that disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. The disappearance of Madagascar was one of the great maritime mysteries of the 19th century and has probably been the subject of more speculation than any other 19th century maritime puzzle, except for the Mary Celeste.
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1837 Ship State Description Maria Hamburg: The brig was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain to Hamburg. [1] [2] Perseverance United Kingdom: The ship was destroyed by fire at Fowle's Point, Aberdeenshire. [3 ...
The ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [2] Jemima United Kingdom: The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Vera Cruz. [20] Margaret United Kingdom: The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. Her crew were rescued. [21] Martha United Kingdom: The ship was wrecked in the Paracel Islands.
Madagascar (1837 ship) Greek steamer Maximilianos; HMS Megaera (1837) HMS Modeste (1837) N. Nantucket (ship) New York (1837 steamboat) P. USS Pennsylvania (1837)
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Madagascar (1837 ship) was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China that disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. PS Madagascar (1838 ship) was a paddle steamer that served the British Empire as a troop transport in the First Opium War, during which conflict an accidental fire destroyed her.
According to a timeline provided Wednesday by the NTSB, alarms on the ship blared just before 1:25 a.m. ET Tuesday as the ship moved through the channel as it left the port.
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1837 Ship State Description Admiral United Kingdom: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portwrinkle, Cornwall with the loss of all three crew. [48] Andromeda United Kingdom: The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of the Juggernaut Pagoda, Puri, India with the loss of four of ...