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Fort William was then not primarily a settlement, but a central transport depot within the now-defunct North West Company's network of fur trade outposts. Due to its central role, Fort William was much larger, with more facilities than the average fur trade post. Reflecting this, Fort William Historical Park contains 42 reconstructed buildings ...
The Shipwreck is a landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner in the collection of the Tate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was completed around 1805, when it was exhibited in Turner's own gallery. The painting is an important example of the sublime in British art.
The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Kad’iak and Kodiak; formerly Myrtle), wrecked at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu. [7] USS LST-480 United States Navy: 21 May 1944 A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor. USNS Mission San Miguel United States: 8 October 1957 A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef. USS S-28
The ship was wrecked near the Burin Peninsula, with some loss of life. P.L.M. 27 United Kingdom: 26 June 1941 An iron-ore carrier that was torpedoed by U-123 off Bell Island. USS Pollux United States Navy: 18 February 1942 A supply ship that sank along with USS Truxtun in a storm.
After the British abandoned the fort in the Revolution, the Patriots probably renamed it Fort Hancock. [12] The plaque currently on the fort is dedicated "In commemoration of the first victory of the American Revolution. The capture, on this site of Fort William and Mary, 14–15 December 1774." [13]
Fort William suffered little damage, but Paul J. Tietjen was holed in her bow. [86] Paul J. Tietjen United States: The merchant vessel collided head-on with the package carrier Fort William ( Canada) on Lake Huron. Fort William suffered little damage, but Paul J. Tietjen was holed in her bow. [86]
The Land Tortoise was built in 1758, as part of a British effort to regain control of Lake George after the loss of Fort William Henry at the south end of the lake in 1757. She was built by provincial militia forces under the direction of Captain Samuel Cobb of Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. She was built in just over a month, launched, tested ...
The ship capsized as she sank and rests upside down in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water some 300 yards (270 m) northwest of Fort Morgan. On 3 August 1873, salvage rights for the wreck of Tecumseh were sold by the Department of the Treasury to James E. Slaughter for $50. After the purchase, Slaughter announced that he intended to use explosives to blast ...