https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2026/01/13/four-years-in-torres-strait-the-extraordinary-tale-of-barbara-thompson/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hms-rattlesnake-2-1.jpgPU8992HMS Rattlesnake at anchor circa 1850. By Capt. Owen Stanley.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hms-rattlesnake-2.jpgPU8992PAD8992. HMS Rattlesnake at anchor off a mountainous coast. 1850. Stanley, Owen, Capt [artist]https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/newspaper.jpgnewspaperhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/newspaper.pngnewspaperhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/map-with-names.jpgBackground map courtesy National Library of Australia.Background map courtesy National Library of Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rattlesnake-1.jpgHMS Rattlesnake circa 1848. Courtesy State Library of NSW.HMS Rattlesnake circa 1848. Courtesy State Library of NSW.2026-01-16T03:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/convict-absconders/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bolters-page.jpg220109-02Backhouse, Edward, A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [i.e. Sydney], New South Wales 1843. National Library of Australia - nla.obj-1384674092026-01-05T21:01:49+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/home/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/new-banner-all-3-books.jpg161003-69Sun sets over Flinders and Stanley Islands in Bathurst Bay with a fishing boat in the forground at Cape Melville on Cape York Peninsular, Far North Queensland. Photo Chris Ison / Wildshot Images.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/150905-55.jpg150905-55The SS Maheno ship wreck on Frazer Isand. It was washed ashore by a cyclone in 1935 when it was being towed from Sydney to Japan to be scrapped.2025-12-06T20:59:20+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/11/29/the-fate-of-the-betsey-1805/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/prow3.jpgProw3Illustration of a prau from "Borneo and the Indian Archipelago," by Frank S Marryat, 1848.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dayak.jpgdayakLoondoo Dayak from the northwest coast of Borneo, Illustration from "Borneo and the Indian Archipelago," by Frank S Marryat, 1848.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/map-of-south-china-sea.jpgmap of South China Seahttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/borneo-map.jpgBorneo maphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/macao-2.jpgMacao-2Macao circa early 1800s. By Bjoertvedt - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=906765122025-12-03T23:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/about/2025-11-29T22:10:44+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/books/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bolters-front-cover.jpgBOLTERS FRONT COVERhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/possible-cover-design-2.jpg231219-14Convicts embarking for Botany Bay c1790 BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON. Illustration courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bolters-cover-small-1.jpg231219-14Convicts embarking for Botany Bay c1790 BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON. Illustration courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bolters-cover-small.jpg231219-14Convicts embarking for Botany Bay c1790 BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON. Illustration courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.2025-11-29T22:03:45+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/blog/2025-11-29T21:22:00+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/contact/2025-11-29T21:21:57+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/03/11/the-kraits-remarkable-career/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-9.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-9https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/krait-4.jpg191026-12MV Krait at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney. Photo CJ Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/krait-3.jpgMV Krait in Brisbane 1943. Courtesy AWM.MV Krait in Brisbane 1943. Courtesy AWM.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/map-1.jpgMV Krait's route from Exmouth Gulf to Singapore. Courtesy Google Maps.MV Krait's route from Exmouth Gulf to Singapore. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/map.jpgmaphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/krait-crew.jpgkrait-crewA group on board MV Krait enroute to Singapore during Operation Jaywick. Courtesy AWM.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/singapore.jpgsingaporeSingapore shortly before the Japanese landed on the island. Photo Central Queensland Herald, 26 Mar 1842, p. 20.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/krait_awm_067338.jpgMV Krait anchored at Darwin. Courtesy AWM.MV Krait anchored at Darwin. Courtesy AWM.2025-11-26T03:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/04/22/surviving-the-centaur-sinking/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/survivors.jpgSurvivors in hospitalAHS Centaur survivors being cared for in hospital. Telegraph, 18 May 1943, p. 2.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/newspaper-front-page.jpgThe Brisbane Telegraph front page, 18 May 1843.The Brisbane Telegraph front page, 18 May 1843.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ellen-savage.jpgSister Ellen Savage GM. Image courtesy AWM.Sister Ellen Savage GM. Image courtesy AWM.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/210105-82.jpgHist20200624-81Australian hospital ship, torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine ten miles east of Cape Moreton on 14 May 1943. Two hundred and sixty eight people died in the disaster. Photo Courtesy State Library of Queenslandhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/poster.jpgposterA poster urging Australians to "Avenge the Nurses" after the sinking of the Centaur. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.2025-11-26T03:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/08/27/s-s-maheno-1905-1935/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-wreck-2.jpg150905-49The SS Maheno ship wreck on Frazer Isand. It was washed ashore by a cyclone in 1935 when it was being towed from Sydney to Japan to be scrapped.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/newspaper-article.jpg220825-01The Union S.S. Company's new turbine steamer Maheno. The Daily Telegraph, 11 Nov 1905, p. 20.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-postcard-1.jpgS.S. Maheno postcard. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.S.S. Maheno postcard. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-wreck-1.jpgHist20200624-15The SS Maheno wrecked on K'Gari in 1935 while being towed to Japan for scrap.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-wreck.jpgHist20200624-15The SS Maheno wrecked on K'Gari in 1935 while being towed to Japan for scrap.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-on-beach2.jpgHist20200624-10SS Maheno shortly after she ran aground. Photo Courtesy SLQhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/saloon.jpg220825-07SS Maheno, Saloon was luxuriously fitted out.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220825-01.jpg220825-01The Union S.S. Company's new turbine steamer Maheno. The Daily Telegraph, 11 Nov 1905, p. 20.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maheno-postcard.jpgS.S. Maheno postcard. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.S.S. Maheno postcard. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.2025-11-26T03:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/03/25/the-oretes-robinson-crusoe-like-castaway/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-5.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-52025-11-26T03:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2020/11/09/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/promo-bolters-and-treacherous-coast.jpgPromo - Bolters and Treacherous Coast2025-11-26T03:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/01/12/cyclone-mahina-the-loss-of-the-north-queensland-pearling-fleet-1899/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ebook-cover-promo-2-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pearling-luggers-1.jpgPearling luggers at Thursday Island. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.Pearling luggers at Thursday Island. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mahina-grave.jpg230829-65Cyclone Mahina memorial at Cape Melville which marks the loss of 300 people lost during the storm. Photo: CJ Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/zanoia.jpg231229-03Wreck of the Zanoni at Cape Melville, Source: The Pearling Disaster, 1899.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pearler-1.jpgpearler-1"Mr Outridge, preparing for deep sea diving and assisted by Captain Porter of the Crest of the Wave." Source: The Pearling disaster of 1899.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/careening.jpg231229-02Boats cleaning copper at Flinders Island. Source: The Pearling Disaster 1899.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pearling-lugger-in-the-waters-of-thursday-island-queensland.jpgpearling-lugger-in-the-waters-of-thursday-island-queenslandThe crew of a pearling lugger at Thursday Island swimming in the water around the boat. The sailing boat has two masts. Other pearling boats can be seen in the distance.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pearler.jpgpearler"Mr Outridge, preparing for deep sea diving and assisted by Captain Porter of the Crest of the Wave." Source: The Pearling disaster of 1899.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/olive.jpg231229-01Opening and cleaning shell on the schooner Olive. Source: The Pearling Disaster, 1899.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cyclone-track.jpg220115-10Cyclone tracks for Cyclone Mahina which devastated the Thursday Island Pearling fleet at Cape Melville on 5 March 18992025-11-26T03:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/02/18/the-norna-and-the-conman-commodore/2025-11-26T03:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/03/23/the-foundering-of-the-s-s-alert-1893/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/map-1.jpgThe Argus, 30 Dec 1893, p. 7.The Argus, 30 Dec 1893, p. 7.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ponting.jpg230101-06Robert Ponting. Source. Weekly Times (Melb), 6 Jan 1894, p. 19..https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/headline.jpgThe Herald, 30 Dec 1893, p. 2.The Herald, 30 Dec 1893, p. 2.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/alert.jpg230101-09S.S. Alert. Source: Leader, 6 Jan 1894, p. 30.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sinking.jpg230101-07Foundering of the SS Alert. Source: The Queenslander 13 Jan 1894, p. 71.2025-11-26T03:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2021/12/17/the-spanish-silver-of-torres-strait/2025-11-26T03:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/09/09/the-windjammer-grace-harwar-1889-1935/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo.jpgebook-cover-promohttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-04-1.jpg220825-04The Grace Harwar under sail. Photo by Allan C. Green , Courtesy: State Library of Victoriahttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-05-1.jpg220825-05Grace Harwar. View aft from the main crosstrees, 1929. Courtesy: National Maritime Museum Greenwich.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-03-1.jpg220825-03Seas sweep over the Grae Harwar's deck. Source: The Daily Telegraph, 4 Nov 1929, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/grace-harwar-1922-slv-1.jpgGRACE HARWAR CREW by A.C. Green, Courtesy State Library of Victoria.GRACE HARWAR CREW by A.C. Green, Courtesy State Library of Victoria.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/grace-harwar-1922-slv.jpggrace-harwar-1922-slvhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-06.jpg220825-06Photo of Allan Villiers on the Grace Harwar taken by Ronald Gregory Walker. Courtesy: National Library of Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-05.jpg220825-05Grace Harwar. View aft from the main crosstrees, 1929. Courtesy: National Maritime Museum Greenwich.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/220825-03.jpg220825-03Seas sweep over the Grae Harwar's deck. Source: The Daily Telegraph, 4 Nov 1929, p. 13.2025-11-26T02:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/04/30/the-douro-and-its-piratical-captain/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-10.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-102025-11-26T02:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2021/11/26/the-macabre-case-of-the-mignonette/2025-11-26T02:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/12/30/the-1878-loch-ard-tragedy/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/la-5.jpg230101-01The cave and wreckage strewn on the beach. Source: Australasian Sketcher, 6 July 1878, p. 11.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/la-4.jpg230101-03Miss Carmichael and Thomas Pearce. Source: The Illustrated Adelaide News, 1 Aug 1878, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/la-3.jpg230101-02"The rescue of Miss Carmichael" Source: Illustrated Adelaide News, 1 Aug 1878, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/la-2.jpg230101-04The Loch Ard. By Allan C. Green - State Library of Victoria.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/loch-ard-pic-1.jpg230101-05"The Wreck of the Loch Ard near Sherbrook River." Source: Illustrated Australian News, 8 July 1878, p. 20.2025-11-26T02:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/03/09/the-banshees-terrible-loss-1876/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hinchinbrook-passage.jpg220112-41Hinchinbrook Passage circa 1880s. Source: Picturesque atlas of Australasia 1886.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/newspaper-headline-banshee-wreck.jpgTotal Wreck of the Banshee. Mackay Mercury, 1 Apr 1876, p. 3.Total Wreck of the Banshee. Mackay Mercury, 1 Apr 1876, p. 3.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/map.jpgMap showing Banshee wreck site. Courtesy Google Maps.Map showing Banshee wreck site. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/banshee-wreck-1.jpgbanshee-wreck-1Wreck of the Steamer Banshee on Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland. Australian Illustrated News, 15 May 1876.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/banshee-wreck.jpgbanshee-wreck2025-11-26T02:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/05/30/the-catalpa-rescue-a-most-audacious-prison-break/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mural.jpg201005-08Public art work mural commemorating the escape on the Catalpa by Irish Feinian convicts in 1876 in Fremantle.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/prisoners.jpg230612-01"The Rescued Six." By Charles Herbert Moore - https://archive.org/details/catalpaexpeditio01peas, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33130178https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/breslin.jpg230612-03John J Breslin, AKA John Collins who orchestrated the Catalpa escape.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/catalpa.jpg211111-26Bark Catalpa illustration. The Catalpa was used to take Irish convicts from Western Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/211111-26.jpg211111-26Bark Catalpa illustration. The Catalpa was used to take Irish convicts from Western Australia.2025-11-26T02:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/01/06/the-story-of-the-gothenburg-medals/2025-11-26T01:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/04/15/the-loss-of-the-maria-a-cautionary-tale/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-8.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-82025-11-26T01:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/02/11/the-mystery-of-the-peri/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-5.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-5https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/map-1.jpgApprox track of Peri.Approx track of Peri.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/moresby.jpgHist20200624-28HMS Basilisk commander - Captain John Moresby. Photo sourced from his autobiography Two Admirals.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/boarding-peri.jpgHist200804-4Illustration of the Basilisk discovering the Peri off the Queensland coast near Cardwell in February 1872. Source: Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic. : 1867 - 1875) Thu 29 Feb 1872 Page 53https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/basilisk-and-peri.jpgHist20200624-29HMS Basilisk with the Peri off the Queensland cost.. Etching sourced from British National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.2025-11-26T01:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2021/11/13/the-bogus-count-and-hamlets-ghost/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-12.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-122025-11-26T01:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/05/27/the-loss-of-the-ss-cawarra-bad-luck-or-an-avoidable-tragedy/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/samuel-plimsoll.jpgSamuel Plimsoll. Wikimedia.Samuel Plimsoll. Wikimedia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rescue.jpg221231-22The Rescue of F.V. Hedges, the only survivor from the Cawarra. Source: Illustrated Sydney News, 16 Aug 1866, p. 4.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cawarra.jpg230101-11"Position of Cawarra previous to foundering ..." Source: Illustrated Sydney News, 16 Aug 1866, p. 5.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/foundering.jpg230101-10"Foundering of the S.S. Cawarra off Newcastle. Source: Australian News for Home Readers, 27 Aug 1866, p. 4.2025-11-26T01:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/07/22/the-css-shenandoah-victorias-link-to-the-american-civil-war/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-4.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-4https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/capt-waddell-1.jpgcapt-waddell-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fl15846756.jpgfl15846756https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/slv-ball.jpgslv-ballhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/capt-waddell.jpgcapt-waddellhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/slv-in-hob-bay.jpgslv-in-hob-bay2025-11-26T01:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/02/10/the-invercauld-shipwreck-1863/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ebook-cover-promo-2-3.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-3https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/map-2-1.jpgmap-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/newspaper.jpgNewcastle Journal, 1 Aug 1865, p. 3.Newcastle Journal, 1 Aug 1865, p. 3.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/map-2.jpgmap-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/invercauld.jpgIllustration of the Invercauld. Source:Illustration of the Invercauld. Source:2025-11-26T01:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/02/03/the-loss-of-the-grafton-marooned-for-twenty-months/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ebook-cover-promo-2-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-4.jpggrafton-4Preparing the dinghy to escape from Auckland Island. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-6.jpgCaptain Thomas Musgrave. Source: Castaway on the Auckland Islands, 1866.Captain Thomas Musgrave. Source: Castaway on the Auckland Islands, 1866.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-8-1.jpgInside the hut on Auckland Island. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.Inside the hut on Auckland Island. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-8.jpgInside the hut on Auckland Island. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.Inside the hut on Auckland Island. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/map.jpgSite of the Grafton wreck site, Auckland Island. Courtesy, Google Maps.Site of the Grafton wreck site, Auckland Island. Courtesy, Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-1.jpggrafton-1Illustration of the Loss of the Grafton on Auckland Island, 1863. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grafton-5.jpggrafton-5The last of the Grafton castaways are rescued. Source: Wrecked on a Reef, Raynal, 1874..2025-11-26T00:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2021/12/23/three-months-in-a-leaky-boat/2025-11-25T23:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/01/01/the-indian-queens-icy-encounter/2025-11-25T23:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/02/25/narcisse-pelletier-an-extraordinary-tale-of-survival/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-7.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-7https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pelletier-1.jpg220105-01Narcisse Pelletier in 1875. Source: Wikicommons.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/map-2.jpgmap-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/stranding-of-saint-paul.jpg220105-04Stranding on the Saint Paul, on Rossel Island. Auguste Hadamard, Le Tour du Monde, volume 4, 1861.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/main-pic.jpg220105-03Saint Paul.2025-11-25T23:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/03/04/the-loss-of-the-saint-paul-and-its-horrific-aftermath-1858/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-8.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-8https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/map-3.jpgDetail from an 1829 Marine Chart showing Rossel Is. Courtesy NLA.Detail from an 1829 Marine Chart showing Rossel Is. Courtesy NLA.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/attack.jpg220105-05The crew of the Saint-Paul attacked by natives of Rossel Island. Auguste Hadamard, Le Tour du Monde, volume 4, 1861.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sait-paul.jpg220105-03Saint Paul.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/stranding-of-saint-paul-1.jpg220105-04Stranding on the Saint Paul, on Rossel Island. Auguste Hadamard, Le Tour du Monde, volume 4, 1861.2025-11-25T23:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/04/05/the-loss-of-the-duroc-and-the-rise-of-la-deliverance/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-12.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-12https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/deliverance.jpg230112-01Construction of a new vessel La Deliverance from the wreckage of the Duroc on Mellish Reef. Source: Wikicommons.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/map.jpgMellish Reef.Mellish Reef.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/camp.jpg230112-03Survivors of the wrecked Duroc on Mellish Reef building the La Deliverane. Source: Wkicommons.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/duroc.jpg230112-02The French steamer Duroc wrecked on Mellish Reef. Source: Wikicommons.2025-11-25T23:23:52+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/12/21/hms-torch-and-the-rescue-of-the-ningpo-castaways/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/huon-islands-map.jpgMap of D'Entrecasteaux ReefMap of D'Entrecasteaux Reefhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/map.jpgThe Ningpo wreck site. Map courtesy NLA.The Ningpo wreck site. Map courtesy NLA.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hms-torch-in-sydney-harbour.jpg221220-01HMS Torch at anchor, (probably in Sydney Harbour), by Conrad Martens. Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ningpo-map.jpgMap showing approx route of Tough's journey to Moreton Bay.Map showing approx route of Tough's journey to Moreton Bay.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hms-torch.jpghms-torchHMS Torch rescuing crew and passengers from the wreck of the Ningpo, 1854. Illustration courtesy NLA.2025-11-25T23:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/03/25/bato-to-the-rescue-1854/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-11.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-11https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/map-2.jpgmap-2Map showing location of the three shipwrecks in Torres Strait. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thomasine-1.jpgThe Wreck of the Thomasine. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.The Wreck of the Thomasine. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thomasine.jpgthomasinehttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/taking-to-the-boat.jpg220127-10Shipwreck survivors take to their boat.. Source: Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea, 1856.2025-11-25T23:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/04/13/the-nelson-gold-heist-1852/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/melbourne-circa-1852.jpgmelbourne-circa-1852https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/newspaper-1.jpgnewspaperThe Argus 3 Apr 1852, p. 5.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/draper.jpg240407-02The Sun, 30 May 1948, p. 3.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hobsons-bay.jpgHobsons BayShips, deserted by their crews, lying in Hobson's Bay, By E Thomas.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/newspaper.jpgnewspaperThe Argus 3 Apr 1852, p. 5.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nelson.jpg240407-01The Nelson Gold Robbery. The World's News, 5 Aug 1950, p. 9.2025-11-25T22:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2020/08/03/the-bourneufs-tragic-last-voyage/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/promo-bolters-and-treacherous-coast.jpgPromo - Bolters and Treacherous Coast2025-11-25T22:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/02/04/the-countess-of-mintos-brush-with-disaster/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-12025-11-25T22:45:01+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/12/10/the-loss-of-the-enchantress-a-first-hand-account/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/newspaper-advert-3.jpgAdvertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.Advertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/newspaper-advert-2.jpgAdvertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.Advertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/newspaper-advert-1.jpgAdvertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.Advertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/newspaper-advert.jpgAdvertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.Advertisement for passage on the Enhantress. SMH 30 May 1850, p. 1.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/map-raine-island.jpgMap showing location of wreck at Raine Island. Courrtesy Google Maps.Map showing location of wreck at Raine Island. Courrtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ship-at-raine-island-guano-1878.jpg220322-08Loading Guano off Raine Island, Torres Strait. Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Thu 30 Jan 1873 Page 9https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/raine-island.jpgHist200728-4Edwin Augustus Porcher - Beacon built at Raines Islet, commenced on June 16th and completed September 12th, 1844. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brig-leaving-sydney.jpg211111-31Detail of Brig leaving Port Jackson in the 1850s.. Image courtesy National Library of Australia.2025-11-25T22:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/01/07/the-loss-of-the-sovereign-1847/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ebook-cover-promo-2-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/map.jpgmapMap of Moreton Bay and approximate site of where the Sovereign foundered. Courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/advert-from-moreton-bay-courier.jpgadvert-from-moreton-bay-courierAdvertisement for the paddle steamer Sovereign. Source: Moreton Bay Courier, 26 Dec 1846.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sovereign.jpgHist20200624-44The Sovereign Side Paddle Steamer. Courtesy North Stradbroke Island Museum.2025-11-25T22:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/01/21/the-peruvians-lone-survivor/2025-11-25T22:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/05/13/the-wreck-of-the-cataraqui-1845/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/memorial.jpg230101-25Memorial to the Cataraqui shipwreck on King Island. Source: Australasian Sketcher, 29 Dec 1887, p. 197.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/map-cataraqui-wreck-1.jpgCataraqui wreck site. Courtesy Google MapsCataraqui wreck site. Courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/map-cataraqui-wreck.jpgmap-cataraqui-wreckhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230101-24.jpg230101-24Report of the loss of the Cataraqui. Source: Port Phillip Patriot, 14 Sept 1845, p. 5.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cataraqui.jpg230101-23Cataraqui wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.2025-11-25T02:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/09/30/the-tragic-loss-of-george-iii-1835/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-5.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-5https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hobart-1835.jpgView of Hobart Town by Samuel Davenport, circa 1835.View of Hobart Town by Samuel Davenport, circa 1835.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/newspaper.jpgThe Colonist, 7 May 1835, p. 5.The Colonist, 7 May 1835, p. 5.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/convicts-on-ship.jpgConvicts being transported to Australia.Convicts being transported to Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/map.jpgmaphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/knut_bull_-_the_wreck_of_george_the_third_-_google_art_project.jpgThe Wreck of George III, by Knud Bull, wikimedia commons.The Wreck of George III, by Knud Bull, wikimedia commons.2025-11-25T02:37:02+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2021/10/29/the-post-office-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/2025-11-25T02:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/03/14/the-loss-of-the-convict-ship-neva-1835/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-10.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-10https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/map-neva-wreck-site.jpgmap-neva-wreck-sitehttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/neva-shipwreck-account.jpgAccount of the Neva shipwreck. Courtesy, State Library of NSW, FL3316306Account of the Neva shipwreck. Courtesy, State Library of NSW, FL3316306https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/neva-wreck-2.jpg230313-04Neva Shipwreck. illustration from Capricornian, 26 May 1927.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/neva-wreck.jpg230313-02Loss of the Neva. Source: Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventrues at Sea, 1846.2025-11-25T02:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/10/06/a-textbook-escape-the-badger-1833/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/macau.jpgmacauThe Pria Granda, Macao, by Thomas Allom, from a sketch by Lieut. White, Royal Marines. (1843)https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/map.jpgCourtesy Google MapsCourtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/newspaper.jpgThe Colonist, 6 Aug 1833, p. 3.The Colonist, 6 Aug 1833, p. 3.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cutter.jpg220306-01Example of an English Cutter of early 1800s. Source: All About Ships, Dorling, 1912.2025-11-25T02:19:33+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/03/19/the-caledonias-perilous-last-voyage/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-4.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-42025-11-25T02:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/10/26/william-swallow-and-the-1829-cyprus-mutiny/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/recherche-bay-1.jpg190427-16Rechecrhe Bay in southern Tasmania. Photo CJ Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutineer.jpgHist200805-2A watercolour by samurai Makita Hamaguchi showing one of the mutineers. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59845977https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/canton.jpgCantonView of the Canton factories by William Daniell, circa early 1800s. Courtesy British National Maritime Museum via Wikipedia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cyprus-2.jpgHist200805-1A watercolour of what is beieved to be the Cyprus by low-ranking Samurai artist Makita Hamaguchi in documents from the Tokushima prefectural archive. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59397258https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/recherche-bay.jpg190427-16Rechecrhe Bay in southern Tasmania. Photo CJ Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/map-2.jpgmapDetial showing Tonga from Craigie's Map of the Pacific..https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/map-1.jpgmapDetial showing Tonga from Craigie's Map of the Pacific..https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cyprus.jpg220810-02Detail reputedly showing the brig Cyprus (centre) from a panorama of Hobart 1828 - watercolour drawings by Augustus Earle, Courtesy State Library of NSW.2025-11-25T01:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2020/11/26/the-brig-amitys-amazing-career/2025-11-25T01:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/01/14/the-life-and-loss-of-hmsc-mermaid/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/careening.jpg230101-27Mermaid being repaired during King's voyage. Engraving by John Murray 1825. Image courtesy National Library of Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mermaid-diagram.jpgHist20200624-181Lt King's survey cutter 'Mermaid' Photo courtesy State Library of Queensland.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pp-king.jpg230110-01Lt Phillip Parker King. Unknown artist. Couresty State Library of NSW,https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mermaid-off-cape-banks.jpg230101-26H.M.S. Mermaid off Cape Banks, Dec. 4, 1820, by Conrad Martens. Image Courtesy National Library of Australia.2025-11-25T01:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/05/09/wreck-of-the-morning-star-1814/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/newspaper.jpgnewspaperhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/map.jpgmapMorning Star reported wrecked on a reef south of Forbes Islands. Courtesy: Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/brig.jpg211030-07A Brig is a sailing vessel with two masts rigged like the foremast and mizzen-mast of a full-rigged ship. Editor in Chief Charles Morris Winston's Cumulative Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia (Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1918)2025-11-25T01:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/02/17/capture-of-the-harrington-1808/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/calcutta-1.jpg231220-03Calcutta circa 1809.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/calcutta.jpg231220-03Calcutta circa 1809.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/231219-32.jpg231219-32Sydney Gazette 22 May 1808, p. 2.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sydney-cove.jpg231220-05Sydney Cove c1809. Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/brig.jpg211030-07Brig - similar to the Harrington.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/211030-07.jpg211030-07Brig - A sailing vessel with two masts rigged like the foremast and mizzen-mast of a full-rigged ship. Editor in Chief Charles Morris Winston's Cumulative Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia (Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1918)2025-11-25T01:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/10/08/matthew-flinders-and-the-loss-of-hms-porpoise-1803/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-6.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map-1.jpgmap-1Map showing Wreck Reefs where the Cato and Porpoise were wrecked in 1803. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/flinders-portrait.jpgflinders-portraitCaptain Matthew Flinders, RN, by Toussaint Antoine DE CHAZAL DE Chamerel. Courtesy Wikipedia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/221008-01.jpg221008-01The 430-ton Cato by Thomas Luny cira 1800.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map.jpgmapMap showing Wreck Reefs where the Cato and Porpoise were wrecked in 1803. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cato-and-porpoise-wreck-1803.jpgLoss of the Porpoise & Cato. Courtesy Wikipedia.Loss of the Porpoise & Cato. Courtesy Wikipedia.2025-11-25T01:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/02/04/the-loss-of-the-sydney-cove-1797/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-4.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-4https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-3.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-3https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/map.jpgmaphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sydney-cove-land-party.jpgsydney-cove-land-partyThe Sydney Cove party as depicted by Smiths' Weekly in 1939. Smith's Weekly 30 Sep 1939 p. 8.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/barque.jpg220127-01Illustration of a barque. Source: Nautical Dictionary by Arthur Young, published in 1863.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/barque-struggling-in-high-seas.jpg220127-51Loss of a barque circa 1845. Source: Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea, 1856.2025-11-25T01:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/05/28/william-bryants-great-escape-1791/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220501-05.jpg220501-05William Bryant and the convicts in the six oar Governor's cutter which they sailed from Sydney to Kupang. Source: Smith's Weekly 23 Oct 1937 Page 18https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map-1.jpgmap-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/211128-06.jpg211128-061930s era illustration of the Mary Bryant convict escape from Sydney in 1791. The World's News 9 Sep 1931 Page 9.2025-11-25T00:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/01/20/hms-pandora-queenslands-earliest-recorded-shipwreck-1791/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pandora-4.jpg230417-04Canon recovered from HMS Pandora wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on display at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pandora-2.jpg220127-05Loss of the Pandora on the Great Barrier Reef. Source: Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea, 1856.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pandora-3.jpg230417-03Bounty Mutineers accommodation on HMS Pandora. Source: Museum of North Queensland, Townsville.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/map.jpgMap showing HMS Pandora wreck location (approx).Map showing HMS Pandora wreck location (approx).https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pandora-1.jpgHist20200624-24H.M.S. Pandora in the act of foundering' . An etching by Lt-Col. Batty after a sketch by Peter Heywood from 'The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S Bounty' first edition 1831. Photo courtesy SLQ.2025-11-25T00:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/04/26/sydneys-first-convict-escape-by-sea-1790/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/231223-01.jpg231223-01Families camped in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales, 1826 by Augustus Earle. Courtesy National Library of Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/map-1.jpgMaphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/220426-01.jpg220426-01Map of Sydney Cove Port Jackson, April 1788. Published by R. Cribb, London, 1789 original attributed to Fowkes, Francis - National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk276https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/boat.jpg221231-07Fishermen in a small open boat.2025-11-24T23:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/01/21/the-loss-of-hms-sirius-1790/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hauling-stores-ashore-at-sydney-bay-2.jpgHist210101-06"Part of the Reef in Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, on which the Sirius was wreck'd. 19 March 1790.' by William Bradley.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hauling-stores-ashore-at-sydney-bay-1.jpgHist210101-06"Part of the Reef in Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, on which the Sirius was wreck'd. 19 March 1790.' by William Bradley.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/norfolk-island-settlement-1.jpg230104-02The Settlement on Norfolk Island, May 16th 1790 / George Raper. Courtesy State Library of NSW, FL541331.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hauling-stores-ashore-at-sydney-bay.jpgHist210101-06"Part of the Reef in Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, on which the Sirius was wreck'd. 19 March 1790.' by William Bradley.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/norfolk-island-settlement.jpg230104-02The Settlement on Norfolk Island, May 16th 1790 / George Raper. Courtesy State Library of NSW, FL541331.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/first-fleet.jpg230104-03First Fleet entering Sydney Heads January 1788. By E. Le Bihan, Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sirius-wreck.jpg211111-44The melancholy loss of H.M.S Sirius off Norfolk Island by George. Raper. Source National Library of Australia 136507434-12025-11-24T23:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/01/28/all-hands-to-the-pumps/2025-11-24T23:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/01/26/blighs-epic-open-boat-voyage/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-banner-all-3-books.jpg161003-69https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/launch-map.jpgRoute sailed by the Bounty's launch. Courtesy Google Maps.Route sailed by the Bounty's launch. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/blighs-logbook.jpgA page from William Bligh's log book. Courtesy State Library of NSW.A page from William Bligh's log book. Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/230109-02.jpg230109-02Portrait of William Bligh By Alexander Huey - National Library of Australia, Publichttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/230109-01.jpg230109-01The Mutineers turning Lieut. Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from his Majesty's Ship the Bounty / painted and engraved by Robert Dodd1790 London2025-11-24T23:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/11/05/loss-of-la-astrolabe-and-la-boussole-a-40-year-mystery/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-8.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-8https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/laperouse_1.jpgPublic Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/map.jpgMap showing Vanikoro and Murray Island. Courtesy Google Maps.Map showing Vanikoro and Murray Island. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/astrolabe-in-hawaii.jpgastrolabe-in-hawaiiFrench frigates La Astrolabe and La Boussole in Hawaii. Image courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louis_xvi_et_la_perouse-2.jpglouis_xvi_et_la_perouse-2Louis XVI giving Lapérouse his instructions on 29 June 1785, by Nicolas-André Monsiau - Chateau de Versailles, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9446556https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louis_xvi_et_la_perouse-1.jpglouis_xvi_et_la_perouse-1Louis XVI giving Lapérouse his instructions on 29 June 1785, by Nicolas-André Monsiau - Chateau de Versailles, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9446556https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louis_xvi_et_la_perouse.jpglouis_xvi_et_la_perouseLouis XVI giving Lapérouse his instructions on 29 June 1785, by Nicolas-André Monsiau - Chateau de Versailles, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9446556https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/wreck-of-the-astrolabe.jpgwreck-of-the-astrolabe19th Century lithograph of the sinking of La Astrolabe at Vanikoro by Louis Le Breton. Courtesy Public domain, Wikimedia commons.2025-11-24T23:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/01/14/the-endeavours-crappy-repair/2025-11-24T23:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/01/27/william-dampier-navigator-naturalist-writer-pirate/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dampier-1-1.jpgHMS Roebuck.HMS Roebuck.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pied-oyster-catcher.jpgA Pied Oyster Catcher.A Pied Oyster Catcher.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dampier-2.jpg231211-13Australian postage stamp commemmorating William Dampier.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dampier-1.jpgHMS Roebuck.HMS Roebuck.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dampier-3.jpg240120-01A map of the world showing the course of Mr Dampiers voyage round it: From 1679 to 1791. By Herman Moll.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dampier-main.jpg220127-24Life and adventures of William Dampier. Source: Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea, 1856.2025-11-24T23:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2023/02/14/the-batavia-tragedy-1629/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ebook-cover-promo-2-6.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/walabi-islands-map-1.jpgHoutman Abrolhos Islands. Courtesy Google MapsHoutman Abrolhos Islands. Courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/skeleton-1.jpg201005-99Skeletal remains from the Batavia massacre now housed at the West Australian Shipwreck Museum in Fremantle. Photo Chris Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/skeleton.jpg201005-99Skeletal remains from the Batavia massacre now housed at the West Australian Shipwreck Museum in Fremantle. Photo Chris Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/execution.jpg220309-05"The execution of Jerome Cornelis." Illustration sourced from Western Mail, 25 Dec 1916, p. 22.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/walabi-islands-map.jpgHoutman Abrolhos Islands. Courtesy Google MapsHoutman Abrolhos Islands. Courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/portico.jpg200726-10Geraldton Museum, Batavia Castle gateway blocks which were carried in the Batavia's hold when she ran aground on a reef in the Abrolhos Islands.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/silver-coins.jpg201005-100Dutch silver coins recovered from the Zuytdorp shipwreck. Housed at the Western Australian Shipwreck Museum, Fremantle.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/longboat.jpg200726-7Batavia longboat replica at Geraldton marina outside the Geraldton Museum.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/batavia.jpg201005-42The Dutch VOC ship Batavia which was wrecked off the Abrohlos Islands off Geraldton, WA. Western Australian Shipwreck Museum2025-11-24T22:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/05/20/the-tryall-australias-oldest-known-shipwreck/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220309-01.jpg220309-01Translates to read "Here the English ship Trial was wrecked in June 1622" from copy of Hessel Gerritsz' 1627 map of the north west coast of Australia. Source: National Library of Australia.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map.jpgMap of Western Australia coast. Courtesy Google Maps.Map of Western Australia coast. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220309-08.jpg220309-08A Fully Rigged ship of the early 17th Century, similar to the Tryall. Source: Sailing Ships by Chatterton, 1909.2025-11-24T22:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/maritime-history-resources/2025-11-23T08:05:05+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/06/13/the-1909-loss-of-the-norwegian-barque-errol/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/survivors-jpg.jpgPhoto of the Errol survivors. Daily Telegraph, 15 Jul 1909.Photo of the Errol survivors. Daily Telegraph, 15 Jul 1909.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/map-2.jpgLocation of Middleton Reef. Courtesy Google Maps.Location of Middleton Reef. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/middleton-reef-sized.jpgMiddleton Reef. Source: The Australian zoologist, 1934.Middleton Reef. Source: The Australian zoologist, 1934.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/errol-pic.jpgThe remains of the Errol on Middleton Reef. Courtesy: Norsk Maritim Museum.The remains of the Errol on Middleton Reef. Courtesy: Norsk Maritim Museum.2025-11-19T06:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/11/19/tales-from-the-quarterdeck/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tftq-promo.jpgTFTQ Promohttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/front-cover-for-bowkers.jpgFront Cover - for Bowkers2026-02-07T08:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/05/02/an-1829-narrative-of-a-voyage-through-torres-strait/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pandora.jpgHist20200624-24Script under illustration reads: 'H.M.S. Pandora in the act of foundering' . An etching by Lt-Col. Batty after a sketch by Peter Heywood from 'The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S Bounty' first edition 1831. The RMS Pandora was a wooden carvel built in 1779. The Pandora was wrecked on 28th August 1791 while attempting a passage through Barrier Reef. A total of 35 lives were lost. Photo courtesy SLQ.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/endeavour.jpg220112-01Painting by Samuel Atkins (1787-1808) of 'Endeavour off the coast of New Holland during Cook's voyage of discovery 1768-1771. Inscription on reverse of painting indicates it relates to the grounding of the Endeavour on the Great Barrier Reef in June 1770.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/detail-showing-raine-island-and-pandoras-entrance.jpgDetail from Barrier Reefs Chart dated 1846.Detail from Barrier Reefs Chart dated 1846.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ship-at-raine-island-guano-1878.jpg220322-08Loading Guano off Raine Island, Torres Strait. Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Thu 30 Jan 1873 Page 92025-06-12T01:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/06/11/hmcs-protector-1884-1924/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/protector-5.jpg141010-139HMCS Protector at Heron Island. Photo: C.J. Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/protector-4.jpgHist200712-17HMAS PROTECTOR Photo Courtesy SLV.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/protector-3.jpgHMCS Protector. Courtesy State Library of South Australia, B18116.HMCS Protector. Courtesy State Library of South Australia, B18116.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/protector-2.jpgHist200712-16South Australian gunboat Protector circa 1885. Photo Courtesy SLV.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/protector-1.jpgHist20200624-40The wreck of the HMCS Protector at the entrance to the harbour on Heron Island on the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef.2025-04-30T21:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2025/04/11/the-frederick-stealing-the-ship-that-never-was/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bolters-book-promo.jpgBOLTERS book promohttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/brig-1.jpg220127-03Illustration of a brig. Source: Nautical Dictionary by Arthur Young, published in 1863.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/map.jpgMapThe Frederick was sailed from Macquarie Harbour to South America where it was left to sink. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/newspaper.jpgThe Globe (London), 9 Jul 1834, p. 4.The Globe (London), 9 Jul 1834, p. 4.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ship-building-yard-at-macquarie-harbour.jpg240717-01Boat building Yard on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour by William Gould, 1833, Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/brig-under-sail.jpgBrig under sailMechant Brig. From "L'Album De Marine Du Duc D'Orleans" (Water colours by Frederic Roux 1827-1828)2025-04-26T01:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/11/24/queenslands-ten-worst-maritime-disasters/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ebook-cover-promo-2.jpgeBook cover promo-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/map.jpgMap showing 10 worst maritime disasters off Queensland. Courtesy Google MapsMap showing 10 worst maritime disasters off Queensland. Courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/grimeneza.jpgHist20200624-16Artists impression of the Grimeneza which ran aground on Bampton Shoals on 4 July, 1854. Image Courtesy SLQhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/mahina.jpg220115-10Cyclone tracks for Cyclone Mahina.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/centaur.jpgHist20200624-81AHS Centaur. Photo Courtesy State Library of Queenslandhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/quetta-2.jpgHist20200624-41RMS Quetta. Photo courtesy SLQhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/yongala.jpgHist20200624-220S.S. Yongala. Photo Courtesy SLQ.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gothenburg.jpgHist20200624-128Gothenburg. Photo Courtesy SLQhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/peri.jpgHist20200624-29HMS Basilisk and the Peri. Image Courtesy the British National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sovereign.jpgHist20200624-44The Sovereign. Image courtesy Stradbroke Island Heritage Museum.2025-04-26T01:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/10/02/bolters-an-unruly-bunch-of-malcontents/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bolters-book-promo-1.jpgBOLTERS book promohttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bolters-book-promo.jpgBOLTERS book promohttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/pearce.jpg240619-01Sketches of Alexander Pearce made shortly after he was hanged. Artist: Thomas Bock. State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cyprus.jpg220810-02Detail reputedly showing the brig Cyprus (centre) from a panorama of Hobart 1828 - watercolour drawings by Augustus Earle, Courtesy State Library of NSW.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/flogging.jpg231219-30Illustration of a flogging from The Fell Tyrant published in 1836. Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSWhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/chain-gang.jpgHist200805-3Hobart Town convict chain gang. Photo courtesy State Library of Victoria.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/norfolk-island.jpg231219-27Convict crewed boats crossing the bar at Norfolk Island. Courtesy National Library of Australia.2024-10-02T00:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/09/28/the-search-for-the-sydney-cove-1797/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/hist-records-of-aust.pnghist records of Austhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/map-1.jpgmap 1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/port-jackson.jpg220518-21Painting of Sydney, Port Jackson. circa 1804.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ship.jpg2110-27-03Illustration of crew abandoning a sailing ship in thier boats. Source: Australian Town and Country Journal, 26 Feb 1898 Page 19.2024-10-02T00:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/04/06/the-short-life-of-the-ss-bessemer-1875/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/calais-pier.jpg240326-03The Bessemer saloon ship running foul of Calais Pier. The Illustrated London News, 15 May 1875, p. 20.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ship-2.jpgS.S. Bessemer. By Henry Spernon Tozer - The Illustrated London News,S.S. Bessemer. By Henry Spernon Tozer - The Illustrated London News,https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ship-plans.jpg240326-04The Bessemer. The Penny Illustrated Paper, 3 Oct 1874, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ship-3.jpg240326-02Deck of the Besser Saloon steam-ship. The Illustrated London News, 27 Mar 1875, p. 293https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bessemer.jpgSir Henry Bessemer.Sir Henry Bessemer.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ship-1.jpg240326-05The Bessemer. The Penny Illustrated Paper, 10 Apr 1875, p. 1.2024-10-02T00:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/02/24/cospatrick-a-tale-of-fire-cannibalism-and-a-desperate-fight-for-survival/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cospatrick-3.jpgcospatrick-3The Survivors, L-R Cotter, Macdonald, Lewis. The Illustrated London News, 16 January 1875, p. 61.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cospatrick-2.jpgcospatrick-2Sail Oh! Rescue of the Survivors. The Australasian Sketcher, 20 Mar 1875, p. 9.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cospatrick-7.jpgThe Rush to the Boats. The Australasian Sketcher, 20 Mar 1875, p. 9.The Rush to the Boats. The Australasian Sketcher, 20 Mar 1875, p. 9.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cospatrick-1.jpgCospatrick, source: London Illustrated News, 9 Jan 1875.Cospatrick, source: London Illustrated News, 9 Jan 1875.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cospatrick-4.jpgcospatrick-4The burning of the Cospatrick at sea. Penny Illustrated Paper, 09 January 1875, p. 1. (Detail)2024-10-02T00:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2024/01/06/shipping-cleopatras-needle/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ebook-cover-promo-2-1.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-4.jpg231231-02"End view of the pontoon." Penny Illustrated Paper, 29 Sept 1877, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-6.jpg231231-07First night out in the Bay of Biscay. From a sketch by our special artist on board the tug Anglia. Illusgtrated London New, 26 Jan 1878, p. 92.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-5.jpg231231-09Captain's Cabin (left), Main cabin (right), Illustrated London News, 26 Jan 1878, p. 96.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-3.jpg240102-01Logitudinal section of the Cleopatra Needle-Boat, Penny Illustrated Paper, 8 Sept 1877, p. 9.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-2.jpg231231-01"Cleopatra's Needle as it lay." Penny Illustrated Paper, 29 Sept 1877, p. 13.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cleo-1.jpg231231-06Cleopatra's needle being brought to England, 1877. Courtesy, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London2024-10-02T00:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/11/12/the-cambus-wallace-did-a-shipwreck-split-an-island-in-two/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-9.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-9https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/map-1-2.jpgWreck site: courtesy Google MapsWreck site: courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/salvage-1.jpgsalvage-1Salvaging cargo from the Cambus Wallace. Photo: Queensland State Archive, ITM436348.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/map-1-1.jpgWreck site: courtesy Google MapsWreck site: courtesy Google Mapshttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/map-1.jpgmap-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/salvage.jpgsalvageSalvaging cargo from the Cambus Wallace. Photo: Queensland State Archive, ITM436348.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cambus-wallace-wreck-illustraiton-1.jpgcambus-wallace-wreck-illustraiton-1Illustration of the Cambus Wallace "as she appeared on the day after the wreck." The Queenslander, 15 Sept 1894 p. 506.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/survivors.jpgsurvivorsThe survivors of the wreck of the Cambus Wallace. The Queenslander, 15 Sept 1894, p. 505.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cambus-wallace-wreck-illustraiton.jpgcambus-wallace-wreck-illustraitonIllustration of the Cambus Wallace "as she appeared on the day after the wreck." The Queenslander, 15 Sept 1894 p. 506.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cambus-wallace-ship.jpgHist20200624-75Cambus Wallace ship was wrecked at Moreton Bay in 1894. Had cargo of whisky and explosives among its cargo. Ship had sailed from Glasgow to Brisbane. It was its maiden voyage. Photo Courtesy SLQ.2024-10-02T00:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/10/22/the-long-search-for-the-yongala/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-7.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-7https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss_yongala_bell.jpgss_yongala_bellhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS_Yongala_bell.jpg#/media/File:SS_Yongala_bell.jpghttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/hmas_lachlan.jpgHMAS Lachlan. By Allan C. Green, Courtesy State Library of Victoria.HMAS Lachlan. By Allan C. Green, Courtesy State Library of Victoria.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map-2.jpgMap showing location of the Yongala wreck. Courtesy Google Maps.Map showing location of the Yongala wreck. Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/missing-steamer-yongala.jpg"The Missing Steamer Yongala" The Australasian, 1 Apr 1811, p. 41."The Missing Steamer Yongala" The Australasian, 1 Apr 1811, p. 41.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/postcard-of-yongala.jpgpostcard-of-yongalaPostcard showing the SS Yongala, circa 1905. Courtesy State Library of Queensland.2024-10-01T23:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/08/05/the-dunbar-tragedy-1857/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-2.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-2https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dunbar-map.jpgdunbar-maphttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nla.obj-211620415-22.jpgTHe Sailor Rescued. Courtesy the National Library of Australia 211620415-22THe Sailor Rescued. Courtesy the National Library of Australia 211620415-22https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/the_dunbar_1321_tons_rmg_py0629_cropped.jpgthe_dunbar_1321_tons_rmg_py0629_croppedBy Day and Son; Thomas Goldsworth Dutton; William Foster - http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/140576, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63202217https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dunbar-shipwreck.jpgdunbar-shipwreckBy Samuel Thomas Gill From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales.2024-10-01T23:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/07/30/the-mystery-of-the-zuydorp/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ebook-cover-promo-2-3.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-3https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/map.jpgCourtesy Google Maps.Courtesy Google Maps.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/coast.jpg200721-11Looking north from the mouth of the Murchison River towards the rugged coast where the Zuydorp was wrecked. Photo CJ Ison.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/201005-40.jpg201005-40Illustration of the Dutch ship Zuytdorp, 1712. Western Australian Shipwreck Museum.2024-10-01T23:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/06/29/the-plague-ship-ticonderoga/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/newspaper.jpgEmpire, 15 Nov 1852 Page 2.Empire, 15 Nov 1852 Page 2.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/map.jpgPort Phillip Bay.Port Phillip Bay.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/liverpool-docks.jpgThe Embarkation, Waterloo Docks. Illustrated London News, 6 July 1850.The Embarkation, Waterloo Docks. Illustrated London News, 6 July 1850.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ticonderog.jpgHist200801-22024-10-01T23:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/06/17/von-muckes-great-escape/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img015-1.jpgimg015-1https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img015.jpgimg015https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ayesha.jpgayeshahttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sms_ayesha.jpgsms_ayeshahttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/vonmuecke.jpgvonmueckehttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/wn21-13.jpgwn21-132024-10-01T23:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/2022/05/06/the-wanderer-and-a-miraculous-rescue/https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ebook-cover-promo-2-11.jpgebook-cover-promo-2-11https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map-of-the-pacific-ocean.jpgHist201222-06Map of the Pacific Ocean showing where the whaleboat was found.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220501-04.jpg220501-04Benjamin Boyd portrait. Source: Australian Town and Country Journal 29 Aug 1906 Page 28.https://talesfromthequarterdeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220501-01.jpg220501-01Schooner Wander, owned by Ben Boyde. 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