The video of my flight to get the 150 yr old ship wreck

[stevesb]

Title says it all.
enjoy the video i hope i look this good after 150 yrs in the ground, i wont cos i don’t look this good now.

Imperatriz wreck on the river lune

the photo’s

150 yr old ship wreck

The ship was on its way from Mazagan (now called El Jadida) in Morocco, to Lancaster carrying Indian corn when it was wrecked. Imperatriz sailed 24th May 1866 from Falmouth to Lancaster on the last leg of its journey. The wrecking happened on Saturday June 2nd, 1866. The accident occurred whilst the Imperatriz was being towed up the River Lune by a steam tug and ran aground on the riverbed a few hundred yards from New Quay. Salvageable items of the wreck were auctioned by W.M. Stewardson at Ne…

[Bilbo]

Never knew it existed m8, that’s quite cool !

Paul.