Loss of the Leopold: As the Belgian barque Leopold sank, the Captain and eleven of the crew crowded onto the jibboom as the last place of refuge. Others had tried to swim ashore but were dashed against the rocks. It seemed that no one was going to survive this shipwreck on the rock coast of Read More …
Category: Shipwrecks
IOU schooner and the Loss Claim
IOU Schooner: As if it was not silly enough to have a schooner called ICU, there was another ship sailing around the 1860s with the name IOU. Going to show that acronym IOU was in use earlier than we might initially think. Loss of the IOU The interesting thing about the ship named IOU was Read More …