Picture No | 10216962 |
Date | 1849 |
Description | RMS 'Forth', 1849 |
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Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company's paddle-steamer 'Forth'. Built in Leith in 1841, the 'Forth' went missing between Southampton and the West Indies early in 1841. It was later discovered that she had been wrecked on the Alacranes Reef, Gulf of Mexico, fortunately without loss of life.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1849, page 132. By E. Weedon |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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