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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 ...
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.
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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]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1847 Ship State Description Amelia United Kingdom: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Piccaninny Bassara. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to the west coast of Africa. [7] Emma United Kingdom British North America: The brig departed from Pictou, Nova Scotia for Boston, Massachusetts ...
For British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. [92] [93] 28 July United Kingdom: Adamson Grangemouth: The Land o' Cakes: Clipper: For Messrs. Adamson. [94] 28 July United Kingdom: Messrs. William Simons & Co Greenock: Torrance: Full-rigged ship: For James Pinkerton Sr. [92] 29 July United Kingdom: Pembroke Dockyard: Lion ...
Through the lobbying efforts of Jeremiah N. Reynolds, [a] the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution on May 21, 1828, requesting President John Quincy Adams to send a ship to explore the Pacific. Adams was keen on the resolution and ordered his Secretary of the Navy to ready a ship, the Peacock.
[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