Titanic, Mary Rose, USS Arizona,
Britannic, MV Wilhelm Gustloff,
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and RMS Lusitania. What do
all these ships have in common?
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Well, they all sank. These
are some of the most famous
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shipwrecks in history and
their stories of loss are told
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and retold to
each new generation.
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We seem to be
captivated by shipwreck disaster
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and the desperate struggle
of the crew and passengers
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to survive. It's estimated that
there are about three million
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shipwrecks lying on the
ocean floors across our planet.
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Over 8,000 of them are
found in Australian waters.
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One of these shipwrecks was
discovered by the Australian
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National Maritime Museum in
2009 and involves an amazing
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story of escape convicts that
circumnavigating in Australia.
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The discovery of two
major rivers, links to Napoleon,
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and rescue and
reunion. Join me as we sail this
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seas on a voyage of discovery
to find out more about this ship
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that was built in India,
commissioned to the British
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Navy, carried out survey and
exploratory work in Australia
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and finally met its
end on a jagged coral reef.
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But the story doesn't
end there, this shipwreck
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is linked to a series of
four other shipwrecks that are
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all involved in one of the
most amazing family reunions
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of all time.
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The ancient Sea Port of Whitby
is a beautiful and picturesque
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seaside town clinging
to the coast on the edge of
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the Yorkshire Moors in
England just over 400 km
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north of London. It's
renown for many things,
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the finest British fish
and chips, sandy beaches,
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an arch made of a whale's jaw
bone, and with the Abbey ruins
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that were the inspiration
of Brian Stoker's well-known
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novel "Dracula."
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but perhaps what the area is
best-known because of its most
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famous son, Captain James Cook
who is considered to be one of
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the greatest navigators
and explorers of all-time.
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In 1770, Cook mapped the east
coast of Australia and paved
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the way for British Settlement
in Sydney Cove in 1788.
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Twenty six years after British
Settlement in New South Whales
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a lesser known son of
Whitby, a young sailor named
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Peter Richardson ran away
from home and joined the British
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Navy, he left behind
a heart-broken mother.
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A mother's love in unique
and unconditional and desperate
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to find her run-away son she
eventually contacted the navy
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officials. Their response
was not what she wanted to hear,
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Peter had left the navy after
serving his term and they had
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no idea where he had
gone but she never gave up.
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After 14 long years of searching
the mother received news
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that her son may be in the
new colony of New South Whales
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at the other end of the earth.
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It was a long and dangerous
voyage for a woman on her own
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but undeterred she booked a
cabin for the four months trip
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on the City of Leads
passenger ship bound for Sydney
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hoping to find her
long-lost only son.
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Meanwhile in New South
Whale, the young run-away sailor
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Peter Richardson signed up
to work on the ship Mermaid
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on a run from Sydney with
stores and government dispatches
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for Fort Wellington in Raffles
Bay on Melvin Island in the
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Arafura Sea on the north coast
of Australia in what is now
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The Northern Territory.
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The ship became well-know
when Lt. Philip Parker-King
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of the Royal Navy was
commissioned to sail the Mermaid
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between December
1817 and December 1820.
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His job was to explore and
survey the unchartered coastline
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of Australia missed
in the Matthew Flinders
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circumnavigation survey. Sailing
north close to the coast,
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King conducted a survey of
the Inner-Route through the
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Great Barrier Reef to open
it for commercial sailing ships.
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He continued his surveys
around the top end of Australia
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until the Mermaid ran
aground and was badly damaged.
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King brought the ship into
Careening Bay in the Kimberly
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Region of Northwest Australia
for some makeshift repairs.
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While he was there in October
1820, King carved HMC Mermaid
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1820 into the trunk of
a conspicuous Boab Tree
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that still can be seen
there in the bay today.
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With great difficulty, the ship
was re-floated and limped back
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the thousands of
kilometers to Sydney.
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The Mermaid was sold to the
Colonial government in Sydney
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and changed to a
two-mast schooner.
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In 1823 under the command
of the explorer John Oxley,
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the Mermaid sailed north from
Sydney to survey and explore
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the coast of the
colony South of Portis Curtis
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now Rock Hampton and Queensland.
Oxley discovered the Brisbane
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and Tweed Rivers during that
voyage as well as rescuing two
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stranded convicts
from the Morton Bay area.
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Thomas Pamphlett and
John Finnegan who guided Oxley
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around Morton Bay and along
the Brisbane River and the site
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of a new colony
that became Brisbane.
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But on the morning of the 10th
of May 1829, the Mermaid with a
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crew of 18, including Richard
Peterson and three passengers
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under the command of Captain
Samuel Nulbro left Sydney
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for Port Eddington. Nulbro
was under strict instructions
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to follow the safer but longer
passage through the hazardous
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Barrier Reef to the Torres
Straight but he decided to risk
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the more dangerous route.
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On the morning of the 13th
of June 1829, during a storm
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the Mermaid struck an uncharted
Coral Reef, Captain Nulbrow
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gave the order to abandon
ship. The crew and passengers
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swam from the shipwreck to
a large rocky outcrop about
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60 meters or 200 feet from the
wreck. All 21 men huddled on the
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rock for three miserable days
until the brigg, the Swiftsure
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rescued the stranded men.
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Now the Swiftsufe had a
very interesting history
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it was built in France
and launched in 1811 for the
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French Navy under the original
name Inconstance which played
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a crucial role in the
life of Napoleon Bonaparte
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more than 200 years ago.
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Napoleon Bonaparte regarded
by many as one of the greatest
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military commanders in history
and was the emperor of France
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1804 to 1814. After
losing more than 350,000 men
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ion his march in Russia in 1814
Napoleon abdicated as Empower
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of France and was exiled to
the Island of Elba, of the coast
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of Italy. On the 26th
of February 1815, Napoleon
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escaped the island on a
ship, the Inconstant and was 700
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loyal men marched to Paris
where he ruled for 100 days.
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It's believed that the ship
Inconstant was taken as apprised
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by the British in the aftermath
of the Battle of Waterloo
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rename the Swiftsure and
eventually used in the England
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to Australia run.
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So, by 1828 the Inconstant, now
named the Swiftsure was sailing
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the waters around Australia
and on its way from New South
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Whales to Mauritius, it
rescues 21 men from the Mermaid
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on a rocky outcrop and
continues it's way north.
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On the fifth day after the
rescue on the 4th of July, 1829
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the ship was caught in a
powerful current and swept
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broadside onto the rocks along
the shore. As the Swiftsure
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begins to break up. The captain
orders all to abandon ship.
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Fortunately all 14 crew from
the Swiftsure along with the 18
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crew and three passengers
from the Mermaid safely made it
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to shore where later that day
they were gratefully picked up
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by a third ship a
Schooner Governor Ready
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with its own crew of 32
and continued sailing north.
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Now, the Governor Ready
had been built on Prince Edward
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Island, Canada in 1825. She
was bought by a British owner
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and was registered in Lloyd's
Register in 1826 for trade.
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The ship made two
voyages transporting convicts
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from England and
Ireland to Australia.
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Now these convicts were men
and women who were found guilty
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of a petty crime in
England during the 18th and 19th
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centuries. Originally they were
sent to the American colonies
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but after the
American Revolutionary war,
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it was no longer possible
to send English criminals there
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as servants so the British the
government looked to the newly
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discovered the East coast
of Australia as a new colony
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for the prisoners to
relieve the over-crowded English
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prisons. The first fleet
of convicts sailed for Botany
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Bay in 1787, they were used
for free labor in public works
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or assigned to private
individuals as domestic servants
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or rural workers. The
transportation of convicts to
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Australia lasted for 80
years and ceased in 1868.
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In all about 164,000
people were sent to Australia
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in 806 ships to start a
new life. The Governor Ready's
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convict voyage in 1827 trans-
ported 131-mile prisoners to
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Tasmania. The ships
second convict voyage left from
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Hawkins Island with 200 mile
prisoners and sailed for Sydney
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in late 1828. But now on
the second of April, 1829 the
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Governor Ready records showed
that it left Hobart with 32 crew
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bound for Batavia,
present day Jakarta, Indonesia
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with a stop-over in Sydney.
As it sailed up the coast
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towards Cape York, it came
across the stand of men and
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rescued the entire crew of
18 men and three passengers from
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the wreck of the Mermaid
and 14 crew of the Swiftsure.
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Although it was crowded on
the vessel, all 67 crew, and
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passenger were relieved to
be sailing in such a trustworthy
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ship. But unbelievably, about
three hours later the schooner
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the Governor Ready caught fire
and the flames roared through
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the wooden ship.
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Everyone on board was forced
to abandon ship and climbed
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into the lifeboats. Fortunately
they were found drifting in the
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Coral Sea by the Government
Cutter The Comet who had also
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been blown off of
course by a storm.
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Now, when the crew of the Comet
heard the story of the three
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shipwrecks, they didn't welcome
their new rescued passengers
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aboard, they were very
suspicious and expected trouble.
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They feared that a
calamity would befall them also.
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Well, can you believe it,
five days later a violent storm
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snapped off the Comet's
mast and ripped away her sails.
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When the ship began to sink
the 18 crew and three passengers
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from the Mermaid, the 14 crew
from the Swiftsure, the 32 crew
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from the Governor Ready and
now, the 21 crew from the Comet
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were all facing
shipwreck together.
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The only longboat or lifeboat
on board was lost but it was not
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but it was not large
enough to fit all the crew in it
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so the rest of the passengers
kept afloat by clinging to
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driftwood and the ships
wreckage. For 18 long hours the
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men in the water drifted in
the ocean worried about getting
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separated from each other in the
dark of the night or being taken
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by sharks. Then, just as a
group of 88 crew and passengers
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saw that there was little
chance of rescue along came a
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small vessel called Acatta
and they were rescued again
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for the fourth time and not
a single life had been lost.
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The fifth ship, the Jupiter was
a crew of 38 men were sailing
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to Western Australia
when she rescued the 88 crew
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and passengers. It was a
small ship and so now was truly
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reaching its capacity with
all the extra men on board.
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The men were just settling
down for a warm night on deck
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when unbelievably
disaster struck yet again.
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The ship hit a small coral
reef near Carincross Island
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that tore a hole in the
keel and made her unseaworthy.
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Dismayed, the now 123 men
of each crew including the five
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captains of the ships and
the three passengers a total of
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one hundred twenty-six men found
themselves in the water again.
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They managed to find
safety on a small sand island
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and all the castaways huddled
together on the sandy outcrop
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that's five shipwrecks in a row.
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Fortunately, the
passenger ship the City of Leads
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on its way from Sydney
was sailing nearby and saw the
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stranded men, five ships had
been lost and the crew of the
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Mermaid including Peter
Richardson had been shipwrecked
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five times and yet not
one life had been lost.
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So here's a short review of
the amazing sequence of events.
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In 1829 a ship called the
Mermaid was caught in a massive
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storm that struck the
ship and drove it into a reef
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all 21 people on board died
and were able to swim to safety.
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Three days later, the Swiftsure
rescued them, five days later
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the Swiftsure sank. Crew
and passengers from both ships
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the Mermaid and the Swiftsure
were rescued by the Schooner
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Governor Ready. Three hours
later the Governor Ready caught
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fire and sank. The Comet rescued
everyone and brought them
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aboard. Five days later
the Comet sank, 18 hours later
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the mail boat Jupiter pulled
everyone out of the ocean.
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In under 12 hours the Jupiter
sank, everyone was rescued
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by the Passenger Vessel the
City of Leads that was sailing
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to Sydney where it
docked four days later.
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What an incredible sequence of
events, what an amazing story.
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The basics of this story were
first published in the Sydney
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Gazette and other publications.
On the 26 of November 1829
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only a few months after
these events took place and so
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the story of the five Ship-
wrecks was considered accurate
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and was believed by everyone.
But recent research raised this
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questionnaire grading the
accuracy of some of the dates
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and details. Now, even more,
amazing than these shipwreck
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facts is the story of one of the
passengers aboard the City of
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Leads. Remember the English
woman who was traveling from
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Whitney to Sydney? Well,
her name was Sarah Richardson
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and before she fell ill, she
had told her fellow travelers
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on the ship that she was going
to Australia in the hopes of
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of finding her son. She was
searching for her son Keaton
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who had run away from home and
joined the Navy 15 years ago.
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Now, as the survivors of the
five shipwrecks were describing
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their harrowing experiences
to the passengers on the City
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of Leads, the captain and doctor
on board heard some Yorkshire
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accents. Suddenly the
doctor on the ship interrupted,
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I need a Yorkshire man about
35 years of age to come with me
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and visit a sick lady, she has
prayed for weeks to see her son
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again but this morning
she lapsed into unconscious
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for a while. But just now she
is calling her son's name again.
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The doctor continued, I think
if one of you could just hold
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her hand and tell her you are
her son, she might rally enough
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for us to get
her safely to Sydney.
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One of the deckhands
from the ship Mermaid said
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their be Yorkshire men and
Yorkshire men and each area
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has a different accent.
Unless you get the right accent
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the old lady will
know, it's not her son.
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She is from Whitby
replied the ship's doctor,
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then I may be able to
help offered a young man.
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I am 34 years old and I am
from Whitby. You'll do perfectly
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said the doctor, now
just get the name right.
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It's Peter Richardson. Well,
the young man's turned white
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and pale, he braced
himself against the wall.
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What's wrong with
you said the doctor?
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Tears started to run down
his cheeks as he stammered,
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I am Peter Richardson,
please take me to see my mother.
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When the ailing mother heard
the voice of her long-lost son
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her eyes fluttered open and
with joy looked into the face
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of her son. The son she
loved and had prayed to see
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for 15 long years.
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After five shipwrecks and what
seemed like a series of terrible
00:20:47.41\00:20:51.65
misadventures the rescue
ship was the very one that the
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praying mother was traveling
on in her quest to find her son.
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How true and accurate
the story is, I don't know,
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but this I do know. Each of us
has a mother whose unconditional
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love has made an impact on
our lives. A mother's love for a
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child is one of the deepest and
strongest forces in the world
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its impact cannot be measured.
00:21:21.84\00:21:25.35
There's another
story of a mother's love,
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of the hopelessness and
despair when her son is lost.
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It happened many years
ago in the small town of Main
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in Israel, back then the
town of Main was known for its
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beauty but this mother couldn't
see any of it because her heart
00:21:41.50\00:21:45.70
was broken and
filled with sadness.
00:21:45.73\00:21:47.90
Now the village of Main
then had only one approach
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up a narrow and rocky road from
the east. On this day two groups
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of people met on this road.
First, there was a large and
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excited crowd who were following
Jesus and His Disciples
00:22:03.59\00:22:07.26
from Capernaum. Now, as
this jubilant group neared
00:22:07.29\00:22:11.46
the village gate, a hush
fell over the crowd as they met
00:22:11.49\00:22:15.66
another group of
people, a funeral procession
00:22:15.70\00:22:20.90
heading in the opposite
direction. Heading towards
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the cemetery. As the sorrowing
group emerged from the town
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onto the road, you could hear
the weeping and wailing of those
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in the group. This poignant
sentence tells a sad story.
00:22:32.08\00:22:40.56
At this time in this culture
parent's depended on their
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children and especially sons
to care for them and support
00:22:49.10\00:22:53.37
them in their old age.
Now this grieving mother
00:22:53.40\00:22:58.07
certainly had
plenty to weep about.
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.91
The death of her much-loved son
meant that not only would she
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be lonely, but also
possibly destitute because now
00:23:05.58\00:23:10.89
she lost both her
husband and her son.
00:23:10.92\00:23:13.69
She has lost her sole earthy
income, support, and comfort,
00:23:13.72\00:23:18.56
she had lost everything.
00:23:18.59\00:23:21.06
As the mother moved on blindly
and weeping she did not even see
00:23:21.10\00:23:26.43
the other group approaching
until Jesus spoke to her.
00:23:26.47\00:23:29.77
Here's what the
Bible says in Luke 7:13.
00:23:29.80\00:23:34.84
Can you sense the
gentleness, the understanding,
00:23:42.42\00:23:45.92
the tender sympathy and the
personal interest in this mother
00:23:45.95\00:23:50.59
that words reveal? Jesus
was about to change her immense
00:23:50.63\00:23:55.63
grief to immense joy. Jesus
then reached up and touched
00:23:55.66\00:24:01.94
the beor, the open coffin and
signaled for the pall-bearers
00:24:01.97\00:24:06.11
to halt. In a clear or
authoritative voice He said
00:24:06.14\00:24:11.58
this. Young man, I say to you
"Arise", the dead man opened his
00:24:11.61\00:24:19.42
eyes, sat up and began to
talk. And Jesus gave him back to
00:24:19.45\00:24:25.23
his mother. Can you
imagine the joy of this reunion?
00:24:25.26\00:24:29.93
Jesus watched as the mother and
son unite in a long and loving
00:24:29.96\00:24:35.54
embrace, overwhelmed. the
two crowds looked on in silence.
00:24:35.57\00:24:41.54
There is no greater love
on earth than a mother's love
00:24:41.58\00:24:46.51
it's enduring,
steadfast, and unrelenting.
00:24:46.55\00:24:51.25
Just as we have seen in the
experience of Peter Richardson
00:24:51.29\00:24:55.62
his mother's love
followed him wherever he went.
00:24:55.66\00:24:59.89
And this kind of love helps
us to understand how much God
00:24:59.93\00:25:06.13
loves us. The Bible tells
us that God likens His love
00:25:06.17\00:25:12.11
to a mother's love. Here's
what it says in Isaiah 66:13.
00:25:12.14\00:25:17.88
No matter what has happened
in your life, or where you've
00:25:23.99\00:25:27.79
been, even if you've run away
from God, His love will always
00:25:27.82\00:25:32.79
follow you. He'll never
leave you or forsake you.
00:25:32.83\00:25:37.00
In Deuteronomy 31:6,
God promises us this.
00:25:37.03\00:25:42.60
God will never give up
on us His love is forever.
00:25:46.17\00:25:51.95
It can be hard for us to
comprehend that kind of love,
00:25:51.98\00:25:56.28
a sacrificing eternal kind of
love. A love that led to Calvary
00:25:56.32\00:26:01.16
and endured the Cross
to ensure our salvation.
00:26:01.19\00:26:05.59
It's the kind of love that
can sustain us through trials
00:26:05.63\00:26:10.07
give us hope, give us
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00:26:10.10\00:26:14.64
assurance of a better future.
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.61
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