Captain George Pollard, Jr., who inspired an all-time great 1851 novel, was the captain of Essex that was attacked and sunk by what?
"George Pollard Jr. George Pollard Jr. (1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers ""Essex"" and ""Two Brothers"", both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank ""Essex"", served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"". George Pollard was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar (Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. By the time he was 23 he had served on the ""Essex"" for four"
"this account 56 years after the sinking, in 1876, and it was lost until 1960; the Nantucket Historical Association published it in 1984. He died in February 1883, aged 77. The other surviving crew members met various fates: As well as inspiring much of American author Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel ""Moby-Dick"", the story of the ""Essex"" tragedy has been dramatized and memorialized in numerous works of film, television, and music: The ""Essex"" was not the only ship known to have been attacked by a whale: Essex (whaleship) Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in"
"age and pain from disease) was later discovered floating on the surface, mortally injured and ""full of wooden splinters"" from the attack. American writer Herman Melville was inspired by the account of the ""Essex"", and used some facts from the story, as well as his own eighteen-month experience as a sailor aboard a commercial whaler, to write his epic 1851 novel on the oil whaling industry, Moby Dick. The sections in ""Moby Dick"" on the biology of the sperm whale were largely based on books by Thomas Beale (1839) and Frederick Bennett (1840). Whaling activity declined from the 1880s until"
"day believed and frequently repeated, although in October 1830 J.A. Lardier admitted in a letter to the editor of the ""Annales Maritimes"" that it was he who wrote the book, and that Guillemard is a fictitious character. John Pollard (Royal Navy officer) John Pollard (1787-1868) was a Royal Navy officer who served with Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Pollard is credited with being the man who killed the Frenchman who shot Nelson. In 1805, at the age of 18, Pollard was serving as a midshipman on HMS ""Victory"", when she became entangled with the French ship ""Redoutable""."
"an inspiration for the Herman Melville classic, ""Moby-Dick"" (1851). Much later, Cabin boy Nickerson wrote his own account of the voyage ""The Loss of the Ship Essex Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats"". His manuscript was lost for nearly a century, but was discovered, authenticated and published in 1984. An account of the ordeal, using both Chase and Nickerson's works, was written by Nathaniel Philbrick in the 2000 non-fiction book, ""In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex"". The source material for ""Moby Dick"" found itself an inspiration for"
"Owen Coffin Owen Coffin (August 24, 1802 – February 2, 1821) was a teenaged sailor aboard the Nantucket whaler ""Essex"" when it set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a sperm whale-hunting expedition in August 1819, under the command of his cousin, George Pollard, Jr. In November the next year, a whale rammed and breached the hull of ""Essex"" in mid-Pacific, causing ""Essex"" to sink. The crew of ""Essex"" escaped in small whaleboats, with sufficient supplies for two months, but were not rescued within that time. During January 1821, the near-starved survivors began to eat the bodies of those who"
"had died. When even this resource ran out, the four men remaining in Pollard's boat agreed to draw straws to decide which of them should be slaughtered, lest all four die of starvation. Coffin 'lost' the lottery, and was shot and eaten. The captain volunteered to take Coffin's place but Coffin refused, saying it was his 'right' to do so that the others might live. Coffin was the son of Nancy (Bunker) and Hezekiah Coffin. Owen Coffin Owen Coffin (August 24, 1802 – February 2, 1821) was a teenaged sailor aboard the Nantucket whaler ""Essex"" when it set sail for"
"were rescued by the Nantucket whaler ""Nantucket"" under the command of Captain Gibbs. A last attempt to retrieve anything from the ""Ann Alexander"" was abandoned due to rough seas, and the crew was eventually landed in Paita on September 15, 1851. They all returned to New York via the schooner ""Providence"" on October 12. Just a few months later, October 18, 1851, and November 14, 1851, the first editions of Hermann Melville's great whaling novel ""Moby-Dick"", inspired by the ""Essex"" attack, were published in London and New York City, respectively. Melville commented, ""Ye Gods! What a commentator is this ""Ann"
"the survivors of Chase's boat, Chase himself, Benjamin Lawrence and Thomas Nickerson, cabin boy of the Essex, who had been rescued by the British merchant ship ""Indian"". Upon his return to Nantucket on 5 August aboard the whaleship ""Two Brothers"", Pollard had to face Nancy Bunker Coffin, who was distraught at the idea that Pollard was alive as a consequence of her son's death. Pollard was given command of the whaleship ""Two Brothers"" that had brought him home, and this voyage also ended in disaster when the ship ran into rocks off French Frigate Shoals and sank. This ended Pollard's"
"and died along with about 110 other passengers and crew when the ""Amazon"" caught fire and sank on 4 January 1852 in the Bay of Biscay. On 11 January 1848 he married Matilda Jane, second daughter of Edward Grove, of Shenstone Park, Staffordshire. They had two sons, George and Piers. His brother, Major George Drought Warburton (1816–1857, named after his uncle George Drought of Glencarrig, County Wicklow), collaborated with him on ""Hochelaga, or England in the New World"" (1847), and ""The Conquest of Canada"" (1849). Another brother, Thomas, studied law at Trinity College, Dublin, while a sister, Sidney, was also"
"frigate, HMS ""Phoebe"" and the 18-gun sloop-of-war HMS ""Cherub"". On 28 March 1814, Porter determined to gain the open sea, fearing the arrival of British reinforcements. Upon rounding the point, ""Essex"" lost her main top-mast to foul weather, forcing her return to the harbour. The British, disregarding the neutrality of the harbour, proceeded with the attack on the crippled ship. For 2½ hours, Essex, armed almost entirely with powerful but short range guns called carronades, resisted the enemy's superior fighting power and longer gun range. A fire erupted twice aboard the ""Essex"", at which point about 50 men abandoned the"
"in an in-character footnote in Chapter 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's ""The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"". Poe's narrator, Arthur Pym, refers to the ordeal as similar to the one he experiences in the course of the narrative. Poe's source for the material may have been R. Thomas' ""Remarkable Events and Remarkable Shipwrecks"", published in 1836. Polly (brig) Polly was an American brig that was swamped during a gale in late 1811, and spent the next six months adrift in the Atlantic Ocean. The saga of ""Polly"" was mentioned by Edgar Allan Poe in his novel ""The Narrative"
"others killed in a surprise attack against the garrison. Cornelius Essex Cornelius Essex (died 1680) was an English buccaneer who took part in Captain Bartholomew Sharp's privateering expedition, the ""Pacific Adventure"", during the late 1670s. Although much of his early life is unknown, he is first recorded being brought with his ship, the ""Great Dolphin"", to Port Royal by HMS ""Hunter"" in November 1679 and tried with twenty of his crew for ""riotously comporting themselves"" as well as charges of looting the plantation of a Major Samuel Jenck's of St. James' parish for which two men were sentenced to death."
"river and the low elevation of Fort Henry's guns allowed Foote's fleet to escape serious destruction. The Confederate fire was able to hit the ironclads only where their armor was strongest. During the bombardment, all four of the Union ironclads were repeatedly hit by Confederate fire. The USS ""Essex"" was seriously damaged when a 32-pound shot from Fort Henry penetrated the ironclad, hitting the middle boiler and sending scalding steam through half the ship. Thirty-two crewmen were killed or wounded, including commander William D. Porter. The ship was out of action for the remainder of the campaign. After the bombardment"
"him in a struggle for survival. His enemies are many: sometimes the ocean, sometimes his own rude behaviour, sometimes his own best friend, sometimes his secret love for the island teacher, but always his relatives and their ambitions for money and power. ""Rockbound"" paints a portrait of hard toil, cunning bitterness and family strife in the years leading to World War I. The novel evokes the infinite power, the terror and the cruel beauty of the Atlantic Ocean including the terrifying sinking of a fishing schooner based on the loss of the schooner ""Sylvia Mosher"" on August 9, 1926 during"
""""". In the Heart of the Sea In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler ""Essex"" in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It was adapted into a film of the same name, which came out in late 2015. The ""Essex"", an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, sank after a sperm whale attacked it in the Pacific Ocean in November 1820. Having lost"
"Earnest Will. On 8 February 1991, during a port visit in the Madeira Islands, two Canadian divers from drowned when they were sucked into the cooling intake of ""Pharris"" while conducting a hull search. In Tom Clancy's 1986 novel, ""Red Storm Rising"", ""Pharris"" suffers extreme damage following a torpedo attack by a Victor III submarine (the bow forward of the ASROC mounts was torn off), warranting an extensive repair. Her captain, Ed Morris, is subsequently transferred to the . USS Pharris USS ""Pharris"" (FF-1094) was a named after Medal of Honor recipient Lieutenant Commander Jackson C. Pharris. It was originally"
"(WPS Hull No. 63), has a minor connection with American literature and the Hollywood film industry. During the Second World War, Typhoon Cobra devastated an American fleet in the Pacific led by Admiral William Halsey, Jr., killing 793 men and sinking three of the fleet's destroyers. In the aftermath, an inquiry chaired by Halsey heard allegations that the captain of one of the destroyers that sank, , had been negligent in his command. The inquiry was held on board ""Cascade"". American novelist Herman Wouk later used this inquiry as the inspiration for his Pulitzer-prize winning fictional work ""The Caine Mutiny""."
"ships in tow, including the ""Black Prince"", a vessel that may well have primarily inspired the raid. Stranded in the river by low tide, they were forced to wait at the extreme range of the shots of the volunteers from the nearby town of Killingworth who lined the riverbanks; 2 marines were killed and the captured ships had to be destroyed, but the rest of the men escaped safely when the tide turned. At the time of the raid, Essex (then known as Potopaug) had been a major center of shipping and shipbuilding, but was suffering under a blockade by"
"In the Heart of the Sea In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler ""Essex"" in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It was adapted into a film of the same name, which came out in late 2015. The ""Essex"", an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, sank after a sperm whale attacked it in the Pacific Ocean in November 1820. Having lost their"
"Angel of the Revolution"". The Great War of 1892 The Great War of 1892 was a story of the genre termed ""Invasion Literature"" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb in which he taught to alert Britain to what he saw as the weakness of the Royal Navy. It was published in the ""Black and White"" magazine, a weekly publication which focussed on the exploits of Britain's Army and Navy. It was a collaboration between Colomb and several experienced journalists and had been prompted by the success of ""The Battle of Dorking"". Its success led directly to the commissioning of George"
"Massachusetts, the son of Rebecca (Gibson) and Thomas Nickerson. Nickerson made his first sea voyage in 1819, at the age of fourteen, on the ill-fated whaler ""Essex,"" which sailed from Nantucket Harbor. A whale rammed and sank ""Essex"" on 20 November 1820. The first mate, Owen Chase, later wrote about the incident in the ""Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex,"" a book that would inspire Herman Melville to write ""Moby-Dick"". Nickerson returned to sea after his rescue, serving on other whale ships and eventually working his way up to captain of a merchant vessel."
"time. The English vessels attacked from windward, seizing Eustace's ship, making Robert and the knights prisoner and killing the rest of the crew. Eustace, a notorious pirate, was executed after being taken prisoner. The battle convinced Prince Louis to abandon his effort to conquer England and the Treaty of Lambeth was signed a few weeks later. Eustace the Monk once belonged to a monastic order, but he broke his vows and became a pirate along with his brothers and friends. His early successes at this endeavor attracted many lawless men and his pirates became a menace to shipping in the"
"of a series of sermons on Jonah. In addition to his own experience on the whaling ship ""Acushnet"", two actual events served as the genesis for Melville's tale. One was the sinking of the Nantucket ship ""Essex"" in 1820, after a sperm whale rammed her 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the western coast of South America. First mate Owen Chase, one of eight survivors, recorded the events in his 1821 ""Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex"". The other event was the alleged killing in the late 1830s of the albino sperm whale Mocha Dick,"
"do so against Coward. Pound and Hawkins also escaped the gallows, as did all but one of their crew; they sailed back to England aboard Coward’s former ship ""HMS Rose"". William Coward (pirate) William Coward (fl 1689) was a minor pirate active off the coast of Massachusetts. He is known for a single incident involving the seizure of one small vessel, largely thanks to events surrounding his trial. Coward and three other men slipped their rowboat alongside the ketch ""Elinor"" in November 1689 in Boston Harbor off Nantasket. The ""Elinor’s"" crew and its Captain William Shortriggs were afflicted with smallpox"
"years in the capacities of second mate and first mate from 1815–1819. In 1819, Pollard was appointed captain of ""Essex"" by the owners, Gideon Folger and Sons, and prepared to set sail for the Pacific Ocean in August. Other members of the 21-man crew included Owen Chase as first mate, Matthew Joy as second mate, and six other Nantucket men. Those included Pollard's seventeen-year-old cousin Owen Coffin with whose care and protection Pollard had been entrusted by his aunt, Nancy Bunker Coffin. To fill in the crew, others had to be recruited from Cape Cod and Boston; these were inexperienced"
"the Earl of Essex on his ill-fated expedition to Ireland and was knighted there by him ""on the sands"" just before Essex returned to England. Thereafter, Baynham was among Essex's most loyal supporters. On the night of Tuesday March 18, 1600 Baynham and some others left the Mermaid Tavern at midnight and set off apparently looking for trouble. They ""cast off their cloaks and upper garments, drew rapiers and daggers, marched through the streets"" and when challenged by the watch they attacked. After a scuffle they were overpowered, disarmed and marched to the Counter prison, Baynham shouting that ""he cared"
"team of submariners and SEALs, recover the submarine as well. ""Moby-Dick"" by Herman Melville is briefly referenced in relation to its having been based loosely on the sinking of the whale ship ""Essex"", the only known ship to have been sunk by a whale. While discussing the history of the Pacific Ocean as an ocean that rarely gives up its secrets and has claimed its fair share of ships the author briefly references a number of historical events, including: the mutiny on the Bounty and the stranding of Fletcher Christian on Pitcairn Island; the sinking of ""Essex"", the loss of"
"1800 and would lead the United States to fight the Barbary states in the First Barbary War and Second Barbary Wars. During the War of 1812, the British attacked Essex, Connecticut, and burned the ships in the harbor, due to the construction there of a number of privateers. This was the greatest financial loss of the entire War of 1812 suffered by the Americans. However, the private fleet of James De Wolf, which sailed under the flag of the American government in 1812, was most likely a key factor in the naval campaign of the war. De Wolf's ship, the"
"to escape. Eventually, on 28 March, Porter attempted to break out of the harbour. A squall took off his main topmast and he attempted to return to harbour but ""Phoebe"" and ""Cherub"" drove ""Essex"" into a nearby bay and defeated her in a short engagement. ""Phoebe"" and ""Cherub"" also captured ""Essex's"" tender, ""Essex Junior"", the ex-British whaler ""Atlantic"". In the engagement with ""Essex"", ""Phoebe"" had four men killed, including her first lieutenant, and seven men wounded. ""Cherub"" had one killed and three wounded, including her captain. The British reported that ""Essex"" had 24 killed and 45 wounded, though the Americans"
"""The Encantadas"", focusing on an incident off the Galápagos Islands with an elusive British ship. The story was first published in 1854 in ""Putnam's Magazine"". Patrick O'Brian adapted the story of ""Essex""s attack on British whalers for his novel ""The Far Side of the World"". The 1950 American film Tripoli is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Derne and USS Essex is shown in it. USS Essex (1799) The first USS ""Essex of the United States Navy was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War"
"In the late 19th century Emilio Salgari was Italy's foremost writer of adventure novels. He was knighted in 1897 in recognition for his work. The Black Corsair, the Chevalier Emilio, is named after himself. He also pays tribute to the House of Savoy, Italy's Royal family to show his gratitude. Yolanda, the Black Corsair's daughter is named after Princess Yolanda of Savoy. Salgari used ""Geschichte der Filibustier. The History of the Pirates, Free-Booters, or Buccaneers of America."" by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz as one of his main references. The attack on Vera Cruz is based on true events as are"
"interception and sinking of ""Scharnhorst"" by ) was greatly assisted by ULTRA intercepts. The 1955 novel ""HMS Ulysses"" by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean, considered a classic of naval warfare literature and the 1967 novel ""The Captain"" by Dutch author Jan de Hartog are set during the Arctic convoys. The two books differ in style, characterisation and philosophy (de Hartog was a pacifist, which cannot be said about MacLean). Both convey vividly the atmosphere of combined extreme belligerent action and inhospitable nature, pushing protagonists to the edge of endurance and beyond. The Norwegian historic account ""One in Ten Had to Die"""