The RMS Tayleur shipwreck ( January 21, 1854 ) is one of the first major catastrophes of marine passenger transport not related to military operations. For its time, the ship was a large, powerful, high-speed and technically equipped passenger ship. On January 19, the ship embarked on its first voyage along the route Liverpool ( England ) - Melbourne ( Australia ). January 21 ran aground and sank, plunging to a depth of 18 meters near the small island of Lambey , now Ireland , near Dublin . The main reason for the tragedy was the human factor . As a result of the accident, 362 people died, 290 managed to escape.
| Tyler | |
|---|---|
| RMS Tayleur | |
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| Flag |  Great Britain |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Organization |  White star line |
| Operator | White star line |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | January 21, 1854 |
| Status | sank |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length | 70 m |
| Width | 12 m |
| Mover | sail |
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Reasons
As four investigative processes subsequently showed, the crew of the ship (71 people) was mainly recruited from random or unskilled sailors [1] . For example, captain John Noble was only 29 years old. Out of 71, only 37 were professional sailors , with 10 of them practically not fluent in English, some signed up as sailors in order to get a free ticket to Australia. As it turned out, most of the crew survived.
See also
- The largest shipwrecks of the XIX century
Notes
- ↑ The Search Engine that Does at InfoWeb.net (link not available)
Literature
- The sinking of RMS Tayleur, the lost story of the Victorian Titanic, Gill Hoffs, Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2014, ISBN 178303047X .