"The bloody Plattsburg mutiny, 1816 " Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Oct 2016 9:26 p.m. PST |
"Radio has been an integral feature of maritime operations, whether military or civil, for well over a century and it is difficult to imagine just how isolated all ships were prior to that once they were out sight of land. Large numbers of vessels disappeared annually, the vast majority as a result of storm damage, but there must have been occasions when "lost without trace" meant hijacking by a mutinous crew who thereafter found some way of abandoning or destroying the ship and disappearing with their booty. An instance in 1816, centred on the American schooner Plattsburg, shows just how close one gang of mutineers came to realising their dreams in a world where intercontinental telegraph communication was still a half-century in the future. In the aftermath of the futile but destructive "War of 1812" between Britain and the United States, there was every reasonable expectation or maritime trade picking up. Among those anticipating a bonanza the more so since so much merchant shipping had been destroyed in the war, and vessels were at a premium was the Baltimore merchant and ship-owner Isaac McKim. In 1816, a year after the war's end, he commissioned a new trading schooner called the Plattsburg, her name commemorating the recent American victory on Lake Champlain. The vessel was built for speed and for transport of small-volume high-value cargoes, somewhat the same role as is filled by air-transport today. The maiden voyage was to carry just such freight eleven thousand pounds of coffee and forty-two thousand dollars in coins, the latter apparently intended for purchase of opium at the Plattsburg's destination, the Turkish port of Smyrna now Izmir in the Eastern Mediterranean…"
More here link Amicalement Armand
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whitejamest | 06 Oct 2016 7:02 a.m. PST |
An interesting story, thanks for that. |
badger22 | 06 Oct 2016 7:50 a.m. PST |
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DeRuyter | 06 Oct 2016 10:15 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 06 Oct 2016 10:21 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it boys!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
The Hound | 06 Oct 2016 2:10 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 06 Oct 2016 10:53 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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