Title

'Wreck of the Lady Hobart, 1803', 1925. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Wreck of the Lady Hobart, 1803', 1925. The 'Lady Hobart' was a Post Office packet which sank after striking an iceberg en route to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The crew abandoned ship and survived a 350 mile voyage back to land despite suffering from malnutrition and frostbite. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1925

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C81_032

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43,8Mb (4,4Mb) / 15,9in x 10,7in / 4760 x 3214 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea sailing boat boat boats seascape seafaring ship ships British geography iceberg color colour survival maritime Atlantic Ocean war sailboat disaster century shipwreck Britain wreck sinking catastrophe concept Navy sailor survivor warfare sailors terrifying peril naval warfare 19th century lifeboat water transport nineteenth century shipwrecked history The Print Collector abandoning ship geographical feature TGN Unknown Basil Lubbock Basil Lubbock Lady Hobart Basil Lubbock