The loss of East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' on the coast of Dorset in
southern England in January 1786, touched the very heart of the
British nation. `Halsewell' was just one of many hundreds of
vessels which had been in the service of the Honourable East India
Company since its foundation in the year 1600. In the normal course
of events, `Halsewell' would have been expected to serve out her
working life, before passing unnoticed into the history books.
However, this was not to be. Halsewell's loss was an event of such
pathos as to inspire the greatest writer of the age Charles
Dickens, to put pen to paper; the greatest painter of the age J. M.
W. Turner, to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay
homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred. Artefacts
from the wreck continue to be recovered to this very day which, and
for variety, interest, curiosity, and exoticism, rival those
recovered from Spanish armada galleons wrecked off the west coast
of Ireland two centuries previously. Such artefacts shed further
light both on `Halsewell' herself, and on the extraordinary lives
of those who sailed in her.
General
| Imprint: |
Fonthill Media
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2020 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Norman
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78155-753-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-78155-753-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781781557532 |
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