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The steamboat Jenny Lind was a ferry that exploded in San Francisco Bay on April 11, 1853 while on course to San Francisco from Alviso, California, killing many residents of Alviso and San Jose. The boiler exploded as the steamboat passed the Redwood City inlet (about 37°32′N 122°11′W / 37.54°N 122.18°W / 37.54; -122.18 ...
Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) [1] (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale".One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the United States beginning in 1850.
Jenny Lind United Kingdom: The gabbart sank at the Isle of Arran with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to Troon, Ayrshire. [86] John Nelson United Kingdom: The ship ran aground on Skerry Ness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dumfries.
Steamboat Jenny Lind; USS John Hancock (1850) L. Lot Whitcomb (sidewheeler) M. Moses H. Grinnell (pilot boat) N. French ship Napoléon (1850) SS Nile (1850) SMS Nix;
Barnum marketed various Jenny Lind-branded products, including songs, clothes, chairs and pianos. [17] From there they went by ship to Charleston, South Carolina, a short but perilous voyage during which they came close to being sunk by a storm; the ship was at one point reported lost. [18]
Nightingale's Jenny Lind figurehead ended up in the hands of a Swedish antique dealer in 1994. He spent 13 years researching its history. He spent 13 years researching its history. Svärdskog discovered that the ship had undergone repairs in Kragerö [Norway] in 1885, during which the figurehead had been removed.
But its three-masted timber sailing ship Endurance fell victim to the treacherous Weddell Sea, becoming ensnared in pack ice in January 1915. It was progressively crushed and sank 10 months later.
Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Jenny Lind Wrecked 21 September 1850 while underway from Melbourne to Singapore under the command of Joseph Taylor struck Kenn Reef, 280 miles east of Mackay. The carvel wooden Barque struck the Reef aft and she lay broadside on with seas pounding over her. 28 passengers and crew landed on a small island ...