Photograph
Nom de l'objet : | Photograph |
Type de l'objet : | |
Catégorie de l'objet : | Communication Artifacts |
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Documentary Artifact |
Matériaux : | Paper |
Technique de fabrication : | Developed |
Numéro d'accession : | No Acquisition # 22 |
Province d'utilisation : | Newfoundland |
Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
Période : | 1936 |
Description : | This a black and white photograph of the crew of the "Beatrice and Vivian" taken in Halifax on June 12, 1936. The photograph was taken after the crew's schooner had been cut down on the Grand Banks by a 17 000 tonne anchor liner the California. In the photograph there are approximately 25 men in 2 rows who are standing or kneeling in front of a building. All appear to be in good shape, well dressed, with no visible injuries. |
Commentaires : | On June 12, 1936 Captain James Gosling and his 24 Newfoundland fishermen crew landed in Halifax to tell how their 100 ton schooner the Beatrice and Vivien was cut in two by the 17000 ton anchor liner the California 25 miles off of Cape Race without loss or injury to the crew. The Beatrice and Vivian bound from Burin, NL to the banks on a fishing trip was barely making steerage way in a dense fog when the California loomed upon the port bow, rammed through her and cut her like a knife. The formast fell, spars were thrown to the liner's deck, 30 feet above, and the schooner's foresail wrapped itself around the propeller of the California. The majority of the Beatrice and Vivien's crew were on deck on their way to supper. The few that were below, were aft, but preparing to go on deck. To that fact Captain Gosling attributes their miraculous escape. We rushed to the dories on the lee side and threw 5 off. Some of the men had time to grab a few belongings in the 5 minutes before the aft section of the schooner sank, but most of us lost everything. The California put about immediately and sought the buoy that had been put out to mark the scene of the collision. When she struck the Beatrice and Vivien the Captain estimated that she was travelling 10 or 12 knots. The men in the dories were able to give their location by means of a bugle they sounded continuously. It seemed like a few minutes before they were picked up, the Newfoundland Mariner said. He praised highly the seamanship of Captain W.R. Smart and its officers. The Beatrice and Vivien had been built in Newfoundland and launched in November 1935. Both captains were at a loss to explain the collision. the Beatrice and Vivien were sounding their horn and the California's fog whistle was set automatically. |
Hauteur : | 20 |
Longueur : | 28 |
Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
Établissement : | Burin Heritage Museum |
Ville de l'établissement : | Burin |
Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland & Labrador |
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