Good Captain’s Are Supposed to Go Down With Their Ships…

What would you to survive a shipwreck? On the ship Medusa, Captain Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys ferried a diplomatic mission to Senegal. While the most direct route might be the best in theory, shallow waters and hidden reefs around the Bay of Arguin presented a problem. That, combined with a cloud being confused for a land sighting, caused the Medusa to crash on 2nd July 1816. A poorly-timed storm forced those on board to abandon ship, and they fashioned a raft from the ship’s wood. Floating 20 metres above water, the Captain cut the ties to the lifeboats and left 150 people on the raft just floating…
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