The part of the world that we now call Canada lies on the far side of the Atlantic Ocean. The cold waters around Canada are full of fish, and for centuries ships sailed from Europe to catch them. Whales and seals also live in this part of the world and were caught for their fat, which became a fuel for lighting homes and for cooking.
Story of the Lost brig Elizabeth Jane first draft version continued... ...and in progress.
WolframAlpha meets Elizabeth Jane
The WolframAlpha Search engine was launched recently. It might offer some interesting insights into the loss of the Elizabeth Jane and other ships. Her crew appear to have abandoned her on the evening of Saturday 8th July 1854. They were picked up by another ship and taken to Bridlington. A search for 'tides, whitby, 9th July 1854' with the WolframAlpha engine reveals (if it's accurate) that the sun set on the Saturday 8th July at 8.37 pm and rose the next day at 3.38 am. The engine shows that the second high tide on the Saturday was at 2.03 pm and the following low tide was at 8.29 pm. The information it provides about sun, moon and tides, makes it possible to more knowingly imagine the ways and circumstances in which Elizabeth Jane might have come ashore, been unloaded, broken up, and her remains taken back to Robin Hood's Bay.
Yet another Collina!
Like buses, you wait a lifetime; then two, and then a third comes along. First Read's Collina/Colina, then the Bideford Collina, and now the Penzance Collina. From the records of English Heritage we read of the wreck of an English cutter which in 1871 caught fire following an explosion of her petrol cargo caused by a collision with another vessel which ignored instructions forbidding any other vessels to moor nearby. She was a sailing vessel, constructed in 1860 of wood with iron bolts. See Collina at English Heritage's 'PastScape'.
What did an early 19th century Nova Scotian brig look like?
I'm still hoping to find a drawing/plan of a brig of the type built in Nova Scotia in the early part of the 19th century. I need enough detail to be able to accurately visualise its construction so I could 'make it'; perhaps in a computer. Can anyone help?
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