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The Daphne Disaster

Linthouse, Glasgow

A ship that capsized as she was launched, with workers inside.

The steamship Daphne was launched at Linthouse on the Clyde with around 200 workmen on board, ready to fit her out. As she slid into the river she rolled over.

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When
3 July 1883
Where
55.8650, -4.3300
Group
Shipwrecks

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Memorials stand in Victoria Park and Elder Park, Glasgow.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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