Picture No | 10556409 |
Date | 1859 |
Description | Joseph Rodgers, Able Seaman |
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Joseph Rodgers, (b. 1830 in Malta - ?), seaman of the Royal Charter, a ship which sank off the coast of Anglesey on 26th October 1859 in terrible storms. Hundreds perished, but Rodgers swam ashore with a rope to which the ship's hawser (a thick cable) was attached and thus managed to save some lives.
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Source | Engraving in the Illustrated London News, 26th November 1859 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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