Head Of The Meadow Beach Shipwreck | Slide Mouse
This is just one of many shipwrecks known to have occurred in the short distance between truro and wellfleet with a staggering total of over 1 000 such accidents identified.
Head of the meadow beach shipwreck. 10 replies to this topic. The crew was saved by volunteers under the command of captain edwin worthen keeper of the new highland lifesaving station. The whydah was black sam bellamy s pirate ship in 1717 that was shipwrecked off the shoals of the outer cape discovered in 1984 by barry clifford. Schooner bay lady ii.
For a tantalizing few hours on a minus tide around the time of november s new moon the sandbars off head of the meadow beach opened up to reveal a rusty secret. United states life saving service men dragged a whaleboat from the bay across the cape to the outer beach and rescued all aboard. Head of the meadow beach. All things to do in truro.
Head of the meadows beach shipwrecks. Hotels near hya barnstable airport. Unfortunately captain wilhelm kortling of the frances died a few days later and was buried at truro. I don t think that it has been visible for a number of.
Maybe only a few seagulls were in. United states life saving service men dragged a whaleboat from the bay across the cape to the outer beach and rescued all aboard. Hotels near pvc provincetown airport. I have only heard of one shipwreck that has been visible from the ocean beaches and that was the whydah.
Hotels near fisher beach. From the head of the meadow beach at north truro the wreck of the frances which was sunk in a december gale in 1872 may still be seen at low tide. The expedition whydah pirate museum macmillan wharf details the history and wreck and discovery of the ship. Hotels near bos logan intl airport.
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At head of the meadow beach in truro is the wreck of the frances a german vessel that met her demise in december 1872.