All articles from: August, 2009
Death by hubris: The story of H.M.S. Tribune
Posted on August 31, 2009 by Tom Mason
On a cold November morning in 1797, the frigate Tribune ran aground on Thrum Cap shoal at the southern end of McNabs Island at the mouth of Halifax Harbour. It seemed a minor incident at first, not particularly dangerous, with no hint of the major chain of disaster that was to come. All day Tribute [...]
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