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'''PS ''Normandy''''' was a British paddle-wheel mail-steamer operating on the Southampton - Guernsey route, which sank in the English Channel in the night of 17 March 1870 |
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'''PS ''Normandy''''' was a British [[paddle steamer|paddle-wheel mail-steamer]] operating on the [[Southampton]] - [[Guernsey]] route, which sank in the [[English Channel]] in the night of 17 March 1870 after colliding with steamship ''Mary'', a propeller steamer carrying 500 tons of wheat from [[Odessa]] to [[Grimsby]]<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. It carried Captain Harvey with 28 crewmen, one stewardess, and 31 passengers, among which 12 were women<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. Steamer Mary launched her [[lifeboat]]s<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. |
'''PS ''Normandy''''' was a British [[paddle steamer|paddle-wheel mail-steamer]] operating on the [[Southampton]] - [[Guernsey]] route, which sank in the [[English Channel]] in the night of 17 March 1870 after colliding with steamship ''Mary'', a propeller steamer carrying 500 tons of wheat from [[Odessa]] to [[Grimsby]]<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. It carried Captain Harvey with 28 crewmen, one stewardess, and 31 passengers, among which 12 were women<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. Steamer Mary launched her [[lifeboat]]s<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>. |
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The heroism of the Captain, who died after having ensured that the passengers would be first to abandon the ship, was praised by [[Victor Hugo]]<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>, who also recommended that [[London and North Eastern Railway]] should equip its ships with watertight [[ |
The heroism of the Captain, who died after having ensured that the passengers would be first to abandon the ship, was praised by [[Victor Hugo]]<ref name="Victor Hugo"/>, who also recommended that [[London and North Eastern Railway]] should equip its ships with watertight [[bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s, with sufficient [[life jacket]]s, and floating lights<ref>Letter to the editor of the ''Star'', 5 avril 1870, in [[:s:fr:Page:Hugo_-_Actes_et_paroles_-_volume_4.djvu/263|Actes et Paroles vol.4 p.262-263]]</ref>. |
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== Monument in St. Helier == |
== Monument in St. Helier == |
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Revision as of 12:35, 24 January 2012
 Monument to Captain Harvey at La Collette, St. Helier
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| History | |
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| UK | |
| Name | PS Normandy |
| Operator | list error: <br /> list (help) London and North Eastern Railway[1]; |
| Route | Southampton - Guernsey |
| Launched | ? ("built in 1863")[2] |
| Out of service | 1870 |
| Fate | Foundered on 17 March 1870 |
| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | paddle-wheel mail-steamer |
| Tonnage | 600 tonneaux[2] |
| Length | 220 ft 0 in (67.06 m) s[2] |
| Beam | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) s[2] |
| Propulsion | 34 revolutions per minute[1] |
| Speed | 14 - 75 knots[1] |
PS Normandy was a British paddle-wheel mail-steamer operating on the Southampton - Guernsey route, which sank in the English Channel in the night of 17 March 1870 after colliding with steamship Mary, a propeller steamer carrying 500 tons of wheat from Odessa to Grimsby[2]. It carried Captain Harvey with 28 crewmen, one stewardess, and 31 passengers, among which 12 were women[2]. Steamer Mary launched her lifeboats[2].
The heroism of the Captain, who died after having ensured that the passengers would be first to abandon the ship, was praised by Victor Hugo[2], who also recommended that London and North Eastern Railway should equip its ships with watertight Bulkheads, with sufficient life jackets, and floating lights[3].
Monument in St. Helier
The inscription on the monument reads:
Harvey To noble heroism Normandy lost by collision in Channel in a fog H.B. Harvey Commander J. Ockleford Chief Mate R. Cocks C. Marsham Engineers P. Richardson Carpenter J. Coleman H. Hoskins J. Wadmore Seamen A. Clement Boy J. Allen G. Cadick J. Head W. Stairs H. Waller Firemen G. Rolp W. Rolp Trimmers Giving up boats to passengers stood by their sinking ship and sank with her at early morn March 17.1870 Erected by the Foresters of Jersey
Notes
- ^ a b c Alfred Rosling Bennett, London and Londoners in the Eighteen-Fifties and Sixties, Chapter 37 - 1865 (continued) - Excursions and Alarums
- ^ a b c d e f g h Victor Hugo, Ce que c'est que l'exil, IX, in Actes et Paroles: Pendant l'exil, 1875, p.19
- ^ Letter to the editor of the Star, 5 avril 1870, in Actes et Paroles vol.4 p.262-263