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Post by 4wd on Aug 18, 2021 10:27:42 GMT
The writer of Dracula was known to holiday in Whitby and based an important part of the story on a real rather strange incident when a ship apparently entered the harbour with nobody alive on board. It ran aground in the harbour and a large dog was seen to leap off. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history-and-stories/dracula/This is the actual ship an early photo (1885) as can be deduced from the houses on the cliff - all the lower ones on the left were abandoned and demolished due to cliff falls soon after.
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Post by 4wd on Aug 18, 2021 12:12:32 GMT
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Post by rgsp on Aug 18, 2021 12:28:45 GMT
Abandoned sailing ships did happen: something major in the rigging or steering failed, and the crew left by boat, thinking that the ship would soon sink or be wrecked. Wooden ships often stayed afloat though, even if waterlogged, and could drift huge distances. The Marie Celeste was unusual but not vanishingly rare.
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Post by 4wd on Aug 18, 2021 15:10:58 GMT
It's still odd it got in the harbour, which though wider then than now was still relatively narrow between the stone piers. I suppose with flood tide there would be a significant current to take it in against the river flow.
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