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| Picture No | 10811982 |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | Loss of yacht Mignonette, 1884 |
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As the Mignonette went down.
The English yacht Mignonette set sail for Sydney, Australia, from Southampton on 19th May 1884. During the journey, the yacht got into difficulties and sank with the four-man crew abandoning ship for the lifeboat with little food and no fresh water. Towards mid-July they started discussions about sacrificing one of them for the others to eat. Towards the end of July, Richard Parker, the cabin boy, had fallen ill and while in a coma was killed by Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens and cannibalised. The three survivors were subsequently picked up and taken to Falmouth; Dudley and Stephens were later tried for murder and convicted in a landmark ruling.
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| Source | Illustrated London News, 20th September 1884 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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