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when she capsized some five miles offshore at about 7 pm. The pilot reported that the water in the ballast tanks had been pumped out in order to make the ship carry more cargo, and that the coal on deck was stowed as high as the bridge. She also had a list to port. In the rough seas she rolled enough
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Captain was to blame for taking the vessel to sea under that condition having acted simply through lack of judgement. Because the Captain had made every effort to save life after the vessel capsized, the court did not cancel his certificate and he was
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to submerge her scuppers and shipped enough water to stop her engines. Unable to make way, the ship turned beam on to the breakers and was engulfed.
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The wreck was the subject of a story called "Without
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was not satisfied with this verdict and ordered its own inquiry. Of the crew of twenty four only four were saved.
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naval court decided that the vessel was lost through the ordinary perils of the sea but the
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Escambia Disaster - The New York Times - 20 June 1882
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Escambia
Steamship Co. Ltd. - Crow, Bogart & Rudolf,
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188:was voyaging from San Francisco to
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90:Capsized and sank on 19 June 1882
175:Sunderland Ship Building Company
503:Maritime incidents in June 1882
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483:Ships built on the River Wear
256:'The Wreck of the Escambia',
219:permitted to return to work.
192:deeply laden with a cargo of
240:'Terrible Disaster at Sea',
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226:References
190:Cape Verde
171:Sunderland
114:deadweight
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371:HMS
169:built at
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360:Escambia
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