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Actions Displays	Wreck of the Abergavenny Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe Wreck of the Abergavenny Author Alethea Hayter (author)‎ Place of publicationLondon PublisherPan Books Year of publication2003 Period19th century Pagination223 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs Dimensions19.6 x 12.7 cm Materialbook Class numberG530.A135 2003 ISBN0-330-49145-8 NotesBrunel Institute Subjectshipwrecks, shipping Geographical keywordEurope, United Kingdom Persons keyword William Wordsworth In February 1805 the Earl of Abergavenny set sail in convoy from Portsmouth for a voyage to India and China, captained by John Wordsworth, the younger brother of the poet William Wordsworth. More than 400 passengers and crew members were on board. Only three days later, separated from the convoy by stormy weather, the ship struck the notorious Shamble shoal in Weymouth bay and sank. Two-hundred sixty people drowned, including the captain. From the harrowing accounts of the survivors and the detailed official reports of the disaster, The Wreck of the Abergavenny brilliantly recreates this tragic event and its impact on William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Charles Lamb, and many others.

TitleThe Wreck of the Abergavenny

Author

Place of publicationLondon

Year of publication2003

Period19th century

Pagination223 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs

Dimensions19.6 x 12.7 cm

Materialbook

Class numberG530.A135 2003

ISBN0-330-49145-8

NotesBrunel Institute

Geographical keywordEurope, United Kingdom

In February 1805 the Earl of Abergavenny set sail in convoy from Portsmouth for a voyage to India and China, captained by John Wordsworth, the younger brother of the poet William Wordsworth. More than 400 passengers and crew members were on board. Only three days later, separated from the convoy by stormy weather, the ship struck the notorious Shamble shoal in Weymouth bay and sank. Two-hundred sixty people drowned, including the captain. From the harrowing accounts of the survivors and the detailed official reports of the disaster, The Wreck of the Abergavenny brilliantly recreates this tragic event and its impact on William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Charles Lamb, and many others.