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The Steamship Pulaski disaster was the term given to the June 14, 1838, explosion on board the American steam packet Pulaski, which caused her to sink 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew. About 59 persons survived, and 128 were lost. [2]
List of shipwrecks in June 1838; M. Maria (1804 ship) P. Steamship Pulaski disaster This page was last edited on 5 December 2023, at 00:01 (UTC). ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1838 Ship State Description Royal George United Kingdom: The full-rigged ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Blessing, Marys and Tom Bowline (all United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [2] [3]
In 1837 he built the steamship Pulaski for the Savanah & Charleston Steam Packet Company. She was lost off Cape Lookout on the coast of North Carolina in 1838, in what was called the Steamship Pulaski disaster, when her starboard boiler exploded. [10] In 1846, Robb built the New York pilot boat schooner David Mitchell, No. 5.
Most of his family was lost in the June 1838 explosion and wreck of the steamship Pulaski. Lamar took over many of his father's business interests and made investments of his own. During the 1850s, he became deeply indebted and entered the illegal slave trade. Lamar was a secessionist.
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Pulaski United States: 14 June 1838 The American steam packet Pulaski was lost thirty miles off the coast of North Carolina when its starboard boiler exploded. Queen Anne's Revenge: Pirate 10 June 1718 French frigate that was captured by pirates and became Blackbeard's flagship, eventually running aground at Beaufort Inlet.
28 April 1838: Marine (civilian) United States: Cincinnati, Ohio: 81: 13: 55 [13] SS Pulaski: 14 June 1838: Marine (civilian) United States: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: 128: New York and Harlem Railroad: 4 July 1839: Locomotive United States: 14th Street, New York City, New York: 2: 5 [14] Surprise: 10 November 1840: Locomotive United Kingdom