The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . NAUTICAL SKILL EVINCED IN EXTRICATLNG THE FRIGATE PIQUE HER PERILOUS SITUATION ON THEROCKS OF LABRADOR, WHERE SHE LOST HER KEEL; And the Passsge across the Atlantic, dnring whichshe lost her Rudder, and was steered FifteenHundred Miles without one; Septeinher, FRIGATE PiaUE was com-missioned to carry home toEngland the governor-generalof the Canadas and , Lord and LadyAylmer embarked in her, and proceeded down the Five days after the Pique left Qu
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . NAUTICAL SKILL EVINCED IN EXTRICATLNG THE FRIGATE PIQUE HER PERILOUS SITUATION ON THEROCKS OF LABRADOR, WHERE SHE LOST HER KEEL; And the Passsge across the Atlantic, dnring whichshe lost her Rudder, and was steered FifteenHundred Miles without one; Septeinher, FRIGATE PiaUE was com-missioned to carry home toEngland the governor-generalof the Canadas and , Lord and LadyAylmer embarked in her, and proceeded down the Five days after the Pique left Quebec, she reached theentrance of the Straits of Belle Isle, having taken thatpassage from the force of the southerly winds. On theevening of the 22d the wind was on her quarter, andshe was making rapid progress; but the wind fresheningabout nine oclock, the studdingsails were taken in, and thecourses hauled up. At half past ten the fore-topsail wason the cap, and the men were lying out to reef the sail,when Captain Rous, who was on the gangway, saw breakersclose to the ship and ahead. The helm was instantly putdown, and the ship readily answered it; but in doing so, shestruck with great violence on the rocks; and, except beinglifted by the sea as the waves came in, she was was going about seven knots at the time; the weather THE LOSS OF THE RUDDER. 227 wa
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