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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1847 Ship State Description Cyrene United Kingdom: The barque was driven ashore at La Guaira, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from La Guaira to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was declared a total loss. [70] Skylark: British North America: The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of ...
British North America: The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia before 2 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Johns, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia. [17] Izette United States: The barque was driven ashore at Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France before 10 February. [111] HMS Jackal Royal Navy
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1847 Ship State Description Champlain: British North America: The barque was driven ashore at Black Point, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Milford, United States. [1] [2] Elizabeth United Kingdom: The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk.
Among those explorers was John Franklin, who first travelled to the region in 1818 as second-in-command of an expedition towards the North Pole on the ships Dorothea and Trent. Franklin was subsequently leader of two overland expeditions to and along the Canadian Arctic coast, in 1819–1822 and 1825–1827. [11]
British North America: The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 April. Her crew were rescued by Cronstadt ( Russia). Crusader was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. [76] Elwine: Stettin: The schooner capsized at "Summerfocht" before 17 April.
[1]: 248 Perry and Conner met with Scott regarding the Navy's role in the siege, and offered six guns that were to be operated by sailors from the ships. [1]: 249 The naval battery was constructed under the direction of Captain Robert E. Lee 700 yd (640 m) from the city walls. [1]: 250
James Baines & Co. also operated ships running between Liverpool and Australia, including famous clipper ships such as Champion of the Seas, James Baines, Lightning, Indian Queen, Marco Polo and Sovereign of the Seas. [1] The Saint John-Liverpool Packet Line which existed for a couple of years in the 1850s was also known as the Black Ball Line.
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