*Ø* Blogmanac July 11, 1881 | Prince George meets the Flying Dutchman
A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief … on arriving there, no vestige nor any sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her.Words used by England’s future King George V to describe the phantom ship Flying Dutchman, which he claimed to have seen on July 11, 1881
She is distinguished from earthly vessels by bearing a press of sail when other vessels are unable, from stress of weather, to show an inch of canvas.
Sir Walter Scott, on the phantom ship Flying Dutchman
Sixteen-year-old Prince George, the future King George V (June 3, 1865 - January 20, 1936) of the United Kingdom, as a young midshipman on HMS Bacchante, wrote in his journal that he had seen that day the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman off the port bow.
With George was the heir to the throne, his elder brother, the mentally deficient Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Eddie) who later mysteriously died before becoming king, much to the relief of the British Royal Family. Eddie, who was later a modern and unlikely suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, also recorded in his journal the sighting of the Dutchman which was seen by thirteen witnesses including the lookout on the Bacchante’s forecastle (who fell and died within seven hours, it is said), and the officer of the watch.
The ghost ship was also sighted by people on board HMS Cleopatra and HMS Tourmaline in the squadron, which was commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg, great uncle of the present Prince Philip. Prince George , with the help of his tutor, Reverend John Neale Dalton, published his account as The Cruise Of HMS Bacchante, 1879-1882, (London: Macmillan and Co., 1886).
According to which source one trusts, the spectral event occurred either between Melbourne and Sydney, Australia or near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
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What is the Flying Dutchman?
“Several hundred years ago, in the year 1729 to be exactly, there lived a Dutch sea captain of fearsome temperament. With his ship he sailed through the stormiest seas, and fared the hardest routes. One day however, despite all his efforts, a storm prevented him from rounding the steep cliffs of a headland. He swore to the Devil that he would never give in to Nature, and that he would sail on until he rounded the headland, even if it took him till Judgment Day. The Devil took the Captain at his word and dammed him, that he must stay as captain of his ship, now a ghostship, sailing the seas, until Judgment Day should come. The Devil left him just one small hope. Only through the love of a woman could he be released.” Source
A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief … on arriving there, no vestige nor any sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her.Words used by England’s future King George V to describe the phantom ship Flying Dutchman, which he claimed to have seen on July 11, 1881
She is distinguished from earthly vessels by bearing a press of sail when other vessels are unable, from stress of weather, to show an inch of canvas.
Sir Walter Scott, on the phantom ship Flying Dutchman
Sixteen-year-old Prince George, the future King George V (June 3, 1865 - January 20, 1936) of the United Kingdom, as a young midshipman on HMS Bacchante, wrote in his journal that he had seen that day the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman off the port bow.
With George was the heir to the throne, his elder brother, the mentally deficient Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Eddie) who later mysteriously died before becoming king, much to the relief of the British Royal Family. Eddie, who was later a modern and unlikely suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, also recorded in his journal the sighting of the Dutchman which was seen by thirteen witnesses including the lookout on the Bacchante’s forecastle (who fell and died within seven hours, it is said), and the officer of the watch.
The ghost ship was also sighted by people on board HMS Cleopatra and HMS Tourmaline in the squadron, which was commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg, great uncle of the present Prince Philip. Prince George , with the help of his tutor, Reverend John Neale Dalton, published his account as The Cruise Of HMS Bacchante, 1879-1882, (London: Macmillan and Co., 1886).
According to which source one trusts, the spectral event occurred either between Melbourne and Sydney, Australia or near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
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What is the Flying Dutchman?
“Several hundred years ago, in the year 1729 to be exactly, there lived a Dutch sea captain of fearsome temperament. With his ship he sailed through the stormiest seas, and fared the hardest routes. One day however, despite all his efforts, a storm prevented him from rounding the steep cliffs of a headland. He swore to the Devil that he would never give in to Nature, and that he would sail on until he rounded the headland, even if it took him till Judgment Day. The Devil took the Captain at his word and dammed him, that he must stay as captain of his ship, now a ghostship, sailing the seas, until Judgment Day should come. The Devil left him just one small hope. Only through the love of a woman could he be released.” Source
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