Search Results for: Rock cutter
vanished beneath the surface of the water. a word about the circumstances. the birkenhead left simon's bay, simonstown, south africa, (left in above map) on feb. , with port elizabeth, on algoa bay (extreme right of map) as its destination. en route, it would seem that the birkenhead struck an uncharted rock
off danger point at o'clock in the morning on feb. , , just hours after leaving simon's bay. now had the vessel been travelling just a few feet to port or starboard of its actual course, it would have missed that rock entirely. some minutes after she struck, the birkenhead had split into three pieces...
http://www.searlecanada.org/hemy/thomashemydata20.html