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THE DARLINGTON
Built in 1881 at the Swan & Hunter Shipyard in Newcastle, England, at the dawn of the age of steam-driven ships, the Darlington was a sturdy, iron-hulled steamer powered by a 250-horsepower compound inverted engine. Five years later, carrying a cargo of more than 5,000 bales of cotton and 15,000 bushels of grain from New Orleans to Bremen, Germany, the vessel was navigating unfamiliar waters around Bermuda. After Captain Richard Ward failed to assign a lookout while navigating th…
THE DARLINGTON
Built in 1881 at the Swan & Hunter Shipyard in Newcastle, England, at the dawn of the age of steam-driven ships, the Darlington was a sturdy, iron-hulled steamer powered by a 250-horsepower compound inverted engine. Five years later, carrying a cargo of more than 5,000 bales of cotton and 15,000 bushels of grain from New Orleans to Bremen, Germany, the vessel was navigating unfamiliar waters around Bermuda. After Captain Richard Ward failed to assign a lookout while navigating the unfamiliar waters, the ship crashed into Bermuda's Western Reef on February 22, 1886. The Darlington’s five officers and 23 crew members all survived. Failing to re-float the vessel, a Marine Board of Inquiry eventually found Captain Ward negligent for failing to assign a lookout to help with navigating the reefs.
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