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When the Light Lied: How Pomona's Captain Mistook the Shore
When the Light Lied: How Pomona's Captain Mistook the Shore
Fear of a single misread light doomed 424 people when a Liverpool-New York packet struck a sandbank at 4:00 AM on April 28, 1859 - was one missed sounding the difference between safety and catastrophe? The wreck left 424 dead, a board of inquiry, and a ship still on the Wexford seabed; what exactly did the passengers step into that night?
In this episode, we present the voyage of the Pomona, describe the ship's build and passenger makeup, and follow the navigational mistake that led to the disaster - could a single sounding have…
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