Add this copy of Bound For Australia: The Loss of the Emigrant Ship to cart. $16.50, very good condition, Sold by Raven Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dublin, IRELAND, published 2003 by Edward J. Bourke.
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Very good. Very good condition, light amount of shelfwear, pages clean and bright inside. 236 p. 20.4 x 14.8 x 2 cm. The sailing ship Tayleur was lost at Lambay just north of Dublin on 21 January 1854. Of the 650 aboard only 290 survived, only three of the three hundred women survived to reach the shore. Three of fifty children reached shore. The loss qas due to a combination of errors, an untried ship, a small crew, compass inaccuracy and a storm. After the wreck there were several inquiries which saought to explain the loss of a brand new ship...Even today on the 150th anniversary the disaster has not been forgotten. While the ship was investigated and salvaged just after the wreck the location was forgotten until 12-7-1957 when divers from the Irish Sub Aqua Club relocated the remains. The stories of the wreck are still related in the neighbourhood of North Country Dublin and the wreck is visited by countless scuba divers because of its easy accessability. **If you have any queries about this book, please do not hesitate to contact us at hello@ravenbooks. ie**
