The launch of the "Connaught", a 380-foot-long (120 m) passenger sail and steamship, at Jarrow on the Tyne, England in 1960. It initially sailed from Galway, Ireland to St John's, Newfoundland, and thereafter sailed on to Boston, Massachusetts. But the ship foundered in October 1860 in a storm off approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km) from Boston. Although all of the lifeboats were smashed in the storm, all of the passengers and crew aboard were saved by the heroic actions of a fruit transport ship, the Minni Schiffer, and her Captain, John Wilson.

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Size: 3090px × 2307px
Location: Jarrow on the Tyne, England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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