Till The Sea Gives Up Its Dead
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Amazon was a brigantine, a ship with two mast of which the foremast is square rigged. It was built in 1861 at Spencer's Island in Nova Scotia, and she reached 99 feet and displaced 198 Gross tons. She was owned by a consortium of 8 merchants. Her start to life was rather unfortunate. Her first Captain, Robert McLellan died from pneumonia 9 days into her maiden voyage. Her second Captain, John Nutting Parker, crashed it through a fishing boat and then let a fire rage on deck during the repairs. He was let go...
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posted by Robert Sloon at 12:40 AM
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http://xkcd.com/516/
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