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<strong> SIXTEEN DANGEROUS VOYAGES: THE BARQUE <em>JEANIE JOHNSON</em> IN DUBLIN HARBOUR.</strong>

**SIXTEEN DANGEROUS VOYAGES: THE BARQUE JEANIE JOHNSON IN DUBLIN HARBOUR.**

On 17 Jul, 2023 By Tim Brunsden With Comments Off

Story by James Hart. Statues on Dublin quayside commemorate the victims of the 1847 Famine. The appalling conditions of coffin ships was documented by one Robert Whyte, a passenger and journalist who, in his book ‘The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship’ (1847) wrote of the desperation: of emigres denied food, clean water and medical attention – indeed, typhus, dysentery and starvation were part of the sometimes…

Remembrance Service. The sinking of the Lusitania

On 7 May, 2012 By Tim Brunsden With Comments Off

Today, to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, a remembrance service was held in Liverpool, next to one of her salvaged propellers. RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which is part of present day Portugal. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August…