Picture No | 10267447 |
Date | May 14th 1866 |
Description | The wreck of the General Grant on the Auckland Islands |
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The Wreck of the General Grant on the Auckland Islands, South Pacific Ocean. The ship was wrecked on May 14th 1866, a week after leaving Melbourne for London. 68 out of the 83 crew and passengers perished, 'the rest got ashore in boats,and managed to live in that dreary place, enduring the severest hardships, about a year and a half, till they were relieved by the brig Amherst, of Invercargill, New Zealand, on Nov 21, 1867.'
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Source | The Illustrated London News, April 18th 1868, page 376 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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