The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle Journal of Commodore William Bainbridge Extract from Commodore Bainbridge’s Journal Kept on board the U. S. Frigate Constitution Tuesday 29th December 1812, At 9 AM, discovered two Strange Sails on …
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TWENTY-TWO LIVES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE STORM WHICH RAGED WITH UNPARALLELED FURY ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST GRIM DEATH RULES OVER WRECKAGE Numerous Disasters the Result of the Violent Gale. Many Japanese Supposed to Have Perished in the Flood. Indian Village Is Swept Out Into . the Shipwrecking Sea and Another Vessel …
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MANY CRAFT CAUGHT BY GREAT STORM Grave Fears for Fate of Nine Vessels Storm’s Terrible Havoc Along the Northern Coast Bark Henrietta Sinks While Lying at Anchor Near Astoria, and the Four Masted Schooner Minnie A. Caine is a Wreck at the Head of the Strait of Juan de Flora — Other Damages SEATTLE, Wash., …
December 27, 1998 – The 1998 Sydney to Hobart fleet comprised 115 starters. Of these, only 44 yachts completed the race, after severe weather conditions struck the fleet off the south-eastern Australian coast. An unusually strong low pressure depression developed which resulted in mid-summer snow across parts of south-east Australia. The weather system built into …
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