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Gone to Valparaíso… Eleven Men Lost, No Wreck, No Answers
Gone to Valparaíso… Eleven Men Lost, No Wreck, No Answers
A colonial cutter built in New South Wales, launched 13 January 1804, left for Valparaiso on 20 June 1805 - and eleven men never returned, their wages unclaimed and no wreck recorded. How did a vessel described as "extremely well put together and strong" vanish without a trace on a legal order's voyage across the Pacific?
In this episode, we tell what the transcript records about the cutter Integrity: her construction, early missions, changes in command, and the bureaucratic letter that sent her south. What choices, personalities, and…
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