Horrible Shipwreck!: A Full, True and Particular Account of the Melancholy Loss of the British Convict Ship Amphitrite, the 31st August 183

by Andrew C.A. Jampoler

On August 25, 1833, the British convict ship Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children along with a crew of thirteen, left London for a convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on the beach at Boulogne--in sight of hundreds of horrified onlookers. Inexplicably, the captain, John Hunter, had refused offers of aid from the shore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591144116
• ISBN13: 9781591144113
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"