They were sailing
from New York.
It was night
time.
Land-ho!
When the storm hit,
the captain and
most of the crew were ashore.
The violence of
the wind snapped the anchor chain.
The vessel
beached with three shipmates, a cook, steward, and a sailor on board.
Another
Shipwreck!
In a foot of
water.
The ‘Kestrel’
sunk into the sand,
was covered up,
and forgotten for over a century.
Hello Friends,
In February 1895, a tropical storm drove the British clipper, Kestrel,
ashore. 122 years later, another storm swept away the sand and uncovered the
hull of the ship on a beach located near the resort town of Santos, Brazil.
The stumps of wood and metal were discovered at low tide by a beach
cleaning crew. Watch the video about the discovery.
Permission is being sought from the Brazilian Navy to excavate
the wreck of the ‘Kestrel’. The archaeologist’s electrical resistance and
magnetic equipment detected a mysterious object made of metal and about the
size of a modern car.
What did the
sailors leave behind….
Have a happy weekend,
♥ Ashlyn
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