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Thread #16992 Message #4102014
Posted By: Steve Gardham
12-Apr-21 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: Loss of all hands in the irish sea
Subject: RE: Loss of all hands in the irish sea
The loss of Hull and Grimsby trawlers in the Arctic during the 20th century were great tragedies for the area, but if you look at the shipwreck register for the 19th century on Wikipedia, ships were lost with all hands on an almost daily basis for a great variety of reasons, and in the great gales of the 1860s and 1880s the losses were colossal, up to 50 ships in one day. many ordinary seamen had little option. It was go back to sea or starve, and trust in providence.