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Please forgive this off-topic posting; it may be of interest to people
who have walked along the coast near Prospect.
Those of you who have enjoyed this walk will have seen the painted note
on the rocks regarding the sinking of the British Navy brig HMS Fantome,
and may have wondered just what the story was.
I stumbled on the Wikipedia article
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fantome_%281810%29> concerning the
Fantome and was interested to learn that this year is the two hundredth
anniversary of the loss of the ship, which occurred on November 24,
1814. Wikipedia has this to say about the event:
Fantome /ran aground in Shad Bay near the village of Prospect, Nova
Scotia, on 24 November 1814. The brig was escorting a convoy from
British-occupied Castine, Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia. On the
evening of 23 November Sykes (/the captain - PP/) ordered that a
course be set for the Sambro Light. At 2am the next morning he
ordered a depth sounding and when it showed only 35 fathoms, ordered
a change of course. An hour later, when he came back on deck he
discovered that the pilot had countermanded his order. Soon after
she struck. Sykes had the masts cut away and the boats hoisted over
the sides, but /Fantome/rapidly filled with water. The crew took to
the boats in an orderly manner and all reached the shore safely.
/
There is much more about the history of this ship in the Wikipedia article.
Peter Payzant
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Please forgive this off-topic posting; it may be of interest to
people who have walked along the coast near Prospect.<br>
<br>
Those of you who have enjoyed this walk will have seen the painted
note on the rocks regarding the sinking of the British Navy brig HMS
Fantome, and may have wondered just what the story was.<br>
<br>
I stumbled on the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fantome_%281810%29">Wikipedia
article</a> concerning the Fantome and was interested to learn
that this year is the two hundredth anniversary of the loss of the
ship, which occurred on November 24, 1814. Wikipedia has this to say
about the event:<br>
<blockquote>Fantome <i>ran aground in Shad Bay near the village of
Prospect, Nova Scotia, on 24 November 1814. The brig was
escorting a convoy from British-occupied Castine, Maine to
Halifax, Nova Scotia. On the evening of 23 November Sykes (</i>the
captain - PP<i>) ordered that a course be set for the Sambro
Light. At 2am the next morning he ordered a depth sounding and
when it showed only 35 fathoms, ordered a change of course. An
hour later, when he came back on deck he discovered that the
pilot had countermanded his order. Soon after she struck. Sykes
had the masts cut away and the boats hoisted over the sides, but
</i>Fantome<i> rapidly filled with water. The crew took to the
boats in an orderly manner and all reached the shore safely.<br>
</i></blockquote>
There is much more about the history of this ship in the Wikipedia
article.<br>
<br>
Peter Payzant<br>
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