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The Rohilla

Saltwick Nab, near Whitby, North Yorkshire

A hospital ship wrecked below Whitby, and a 50-hour rescue.

In October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla struck rocks near Whitby in a storm. Lifeboats from all along the coast fought for 50 hours to reach the survivors, as huge waves smashed the ship.

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When
30 October 1914
Where
54.4870, -0.5900
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

Whitby Lifeboat Museum tells the story. Saltwick Bay is reached from the Cleveland Way.

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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