The first mate had already been drowned, madly trying to jump, unaided, from the ship. During a gale on March 31st the ship went aground and sank on the Tongue Sands near the Tongue Light Ship off the coast of Margate and Ramsgate. All Rights Reserved. Those on the beach were powerless to assist until the Royal Adelaide struck and they were able to get a line on board. The RMS Royal Adelaide was a steamship owned and operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy.

Talk:RMS Royal Adelaide (1838) Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: WikiProject Kent (Rated Stub-class) This article is within the scope of WikiProject Kent, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the county of Kent in South East England on Wikipedia. At such moments we may be only too sure that scores of strong seamen are wrestling with a cruel fate, and that helpless women and children are sinking in despair into one of the most terrible of deaths. But, as a rule, such accidents are mercifully sudden, and the very hopelessness of escape after the first moment of danger may in some measure deaden their pangs. An Australian National Maritime Museum expedition currently taking place on the Coral Sea has located the remains of the India-bound ship Royal Charlotte, wrecked in 1825. About 3000 persons were assembled on the beach, and he saw 14 or 15 apparently dead drunk. When people in towns or villages exchange trite condolences on the weather, few of them, probably, reflect that what is mere discomfort to them is mortal agony to number of their countrymen, who on shipboard are struggling against a furious sea, or are being swept to destruction on some lee shore. By The story especially of the loss of the Royal Adelaide combines most of the elements of distress we have been recalling. What, would it be supposed, is the kind of effect likely to be produces by witnessing year after year the wrecks of fine ships, and beholding, almost within arm’s reach, the death struggles of brave men? A woman too was drowned, falling overboard. Then followed the horrible scene to which we have referred. It may be believed that, on the whole, the severity of a seafaring life develops in our people many of the more manly virtues. The bones of the ‘Royal Adelaide’ still lie close to Chesil beach, a ship destined for the other side of the world which got no further than the Dorset coast. It was definitely laid down, according to the Board of Trade instructions, that the receiver of Wrecks was the responsible party to have command on such occasions, and to superintend the general proceedings. Medical help had to be sought as they tried to move the lifeless bodies, many were wet, cold, some were literally near death. The SS Gothenburg was a steamship that operated along the British and then later the Australian and New Zealand coastlines. These were all congregated astern; and when the last two or three were already in the cradle, about to try their fate, as many others had happily and successfully done before them, the rope broke, they fell into the cruel surf, and were seen no more. At length, when she was so near the shore that, in spite of the mist of the storm and the darkness of evening, her masts and sails could be seen through the gloom, she ran direct for the beach and grounded within thirty years of the land. The vessel was seen within a short distance from this port, and, I believe I am correct in stating, might have made it had there been a harbour large enough to receive her. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. There had been some unaccountable delay in informing the Receiver of Wrecks of the catastrophe, and this could not be cleared up.
The ship now began to disgorge through her riven side the cargo she contained; and bales, boxes, crates, and casks drifted ashore in quick succession. As the Senior Naval Officer participating in the rescue, I can assure you the horrors of the scene are but faintly described in the (in other respects) truthful account given in your paper, and looking back on it now, it is marvellous to me that so many were rescued on such a night. For the Love of Physics - Walter Lewin - May 16, 2011 - Duration: 1:01:26.

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