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The Wreck of the Wager, the frontispiece from John Byron 's account. The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific. She lost contact with the squadron while ...
The White Darkness. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. [1] The book focuses on the Wager Mutiny. It was published on April 18, 2023 by Doubleday. [2][3][4] The book became a bestseller, topping The New York Times best-seller list in the nonfiction category for its ...
HMS. Wager. (1739) HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. It was built as an East Indiaman in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the East India Company before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1739. It formed part of a squadron under Commodore George Anson and was wrecked on the south coast of Chile on 14 ...
John Bulkeley (Royal Navy gunner) John Bulkeley was a British seaman, best known for leading survivors of the wreck of HMS Wager to safety. [1][2] Bulkeley was the ship's gunner, not one of her commissioned officers. David Cheap, the ship's acting captain, had lost the confidence of his former crew, many of whom were convinced that when the ...
David Cheap. Captain David Cheap (1697 – 21 July 1752) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer. [1][2] He is known for two incidents in his career. [1] First, he was in command of HMS Wager when it was wrecked in May 1741 on the shores of Wager Island in Chilean Patagonia. Second was his capture of a Spanish galleon in 1746, the prize of which made ...
The Wager has been confirmed as Martin Scorsese's next film after Killers of the Flower Moon. Here's what to know about the movie, including cast and plot.
John Byron. Vice-Admiral John Byron (8 November 1723 – 1 April 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. He earned the nickname " Foul-Weather Jack " in the press because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. [1] As a midshipman, he sailed in the squadron under George Anson on his voyage around the world, though Byron ...
Contents. George Anson's voyage around the world. While Great Britain was fighting the War of Jenkins' Ear with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture the Pacific Ocean possessions of the Spanish Empire. Returning to Britain in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a ...