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Bound for Australia
€ 18.00
ISBN: 9780952302735
The sailing ship "Tayleur" was lost at Lambay just north of Dublin on the 21st of January 1854. Of the 650 aboard only 290 survived to reach the shore. three of fifty children reached the shore.
The loss was due to a combination of errors, an untried ship, a small crew, compass inaccuracy and a storm.
After the wreck there were many inquiries which sought to explain the loss of a brand new ship. There are similarities with The Titanic which was also a White Star Line ship from her maiden voyage carrying emigrants. The Tayleur was at the forefront of sailing ship design and long distance steamers were making inroads into maritime trade. She was the largest merchant sailing ship in the British fleet though there were larger American ships.
The Tayleur was not a chartered emigrant ship carrying government assisted passengers because those aboard had to pay for their own trip. The compliment included many as well to do people with many of them skilled tradesmen. Substantial new information has been uncovered about the Tayleur and her passengers. The background to several has been investigated with the help of family records. Many stories about The Tayleur have been researched and verified.
Even today on the 150th anniversary the disaster has not been forgotten. While the ship was investigated and salvaged just after the wreck the location was forgotten until 12-7-1957 when divers from the Irish Sub Aqua Club relocated the remains. The stories from the wreck are still related in the neighbourhood of North County Dublin and the wreck is visited by countless scuba divers because of its easy accessibility.
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