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Three AoS stories from the BBC
Sep. 9th, 2011 10:59 amBBC news seem to have recruited an AoS fangirl/boy to their online editorial team. There have been no less than three AoS related news items this week!
The wreck that revealed the Mary Rose
On Monday there was an article about the loss of HMS Royal George and how the wreck led to the discovery of the remains of the Mary Rose. The first rate Royal George, 100, Captain Henry Cromwell, sank off Spithead in 1872 while she was heeled over to unblock a lower deck pump. The tragedy resulted in the loss of over a thousand lives including hundreds of women and children who were visiting the seamen in port. The Royal George was also the flagship of Vice Admiral Kempenfelt who perished after becoming trapped in his cabin as the ship heeled and sank. It was during attempts to salvage the Royal George in 1834 that cannons from the Mary Rose were founds and the site of the earlier wreck located.
Prison ship records from 19th Century published
Then later in the week the website re-posted an article from 2010 on the records of 19th century prison hulks being made available through the National Archives ancestry.co.uk portal. The article includes brief snippets on the lives and fates of various prisoners and adds that the Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books 1802-1849 include character reports on prisoners written by the gaoler.
Franklin expedition: Will we ever know what happened?
And finally today there is a feature in the News Magazine about Parks Canada's latest unsuccessful attempts to locate the remains of the Franklin expedition and the lost ships Erebus and Terror.
The wreck that revealed the Mary Rose
On Monday there was an article about the loss of HMS Royal George and how the wreck led to the discovery of the remains of the Mary Rose. The first rate Royal George, 100, Captain Henry Cromwell, sank off Spithead in 1872 while she was heeled over to unblock a lower deck pump. The tragedy resulted in the loss of over a thousand lives including hundreds of women and children who were visiting the seamen in port. The Royal George was also the flagship of Vice Admiral Kempenfelt who perished after becoming trapped in his cabin as the ship heeled and sank. It was during attempts to salvage the Royal George in 1834 that cannons from the Mary Rose were founds and the site of the earlier wreck located.
Prison ship records from 19th Century published
Then later in the week the website re-posted an article from 2010 on the records of 19th century prison hulks being made available through the National Archives ancestry.co.uk portal. The article includes brief snippets on the lives and fates of various prisoners and adds that the Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books 1802-1849 include character reports on prisoners written by the gaoler.
Franklin expedition: Will we ever know what happened?
And finally today there is a feature in the News Magazine about Parks Canada's latest unsuccessful attempts to locate the remains of the Franklin expedition and the lost ships Erebus and Terror.
The broad and punishing size of the search area dwarfs the high-tech equipment and meticulous research used by the Parks Canada team, and the other explorers before them.
The fate of the ships inspired artwork, music and literature, including this sketch by Owen Stanley
"Both of the ships were caught in the ice for two years but slowly drifting south in a very large body of water," says Marc-Andre Bernier, chief of underwater archaeology services at Parks Canada.
That could mean that the ships are hundreds of miles apart. "For us, it's just as important to know where they're not," he says, so that future searches can start fresh.
