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The captain ended up with a bang on the head and an empty safe that time.
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When we got 'done', we believe there was an insider in the agents office in Singapore, who informed the pirates when a cash delivery had been made to a ship, and where it was headed. Usually high value, low weight stuff ie jewellery, watches and cash. Just give them what they want and hope they don't kill you in the process. We're not allowed to arm ourselves against them. Been up and down there many times now and only boarded by pirates once. I am presently sitting in Singapore, having just sailed the Malacca Straits. Let the sceptics check its veracity before condemning it. However, I'm told all the facts can be verified in the archives of the Maritime office in Canberra. Both she and Peter were convinced that providence had arranged five shipwrecks and five rescues in order that they could be re-united thousands of miles from their native Yorkshire.īe that as it may, as said earlier, no novelist would dare write such a far fetched story.
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Mrs Richardson's joy at seeing her beloved son again was so great that she made a full recovery and lived for a further eighteen years. The deck-hand from the ill fated Mermaid was none other than the long lost son of the old lady who lay gravely ill on board the City of Leeds. The young man who was following closely on the heels of the doctor, stopped in his tracks and said in astonishment, "I'm not likely to forget it sir for that is my given name" We must make her final hours as comfortable as possible"
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"Peter Richardson, repeat it several times lest you forget. "What name do I take, sir, in case she asks" asked the Yorkshireman "Perfect, come with me quickly, there's very little time", said the doctor. "I'm from Whitby myself and I'm thirty four years old, so I'll help you" informed the Yorkshireman One of the deck-hands off the Mermaid although exhausted through five shipwrecks found the strength to raise his hand and ask, "What part of Yorkshire is she from"? I need a Yorkshireman around thirty five years of age". If we can find someone to impersonate him she may recover, if not, at least she will pass away peacefully. She is delirious and is calling for her son whom she hasn't seen for ten years. He raised his voice above the babel of chatter and called out "Is there anyone from Yorkshire among you. But the ship's doctor, Thomas Sparks, had other things on his mind. Everyone on board the City of Leeds was astounded at the tales the rescued men had to tell. Amazingly, not a single life had been lost in all the five shipwrecks. They huddled on rocks, fortunately not for long, because they were soon rescued by the City of Leeds, a large schooner with not only crew but one hundred passengers on board. As there had been thirty eight men on the Jupiter the castaways now numbered one hundred and twenty three. Hardly had they settled down on the Jupiter when she like the Mermaid struck a reef which shattered her keel. For those from the Mermaid it was the fourth time and they must surely have thought their trials were over.
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They clung to the wreckage of the Comet for a seemingly endless eighteen hours until Jupiter hove into view. Only this time there weren't any lifeboats. Incredibly, a terrible storm suddenly blew up and those on board, eighty five souls in all, were cast adrift. The sixty four survivors took to the lifeboats and drifted in the Pacific Ocean for two days until their prayers were answered and they were rescued for a fourth time by the cutter Comet The Governor Ready caught fire and was a total loss within a couple of hours. The ship was on its way to Papua when disaster struck again. These thirty two sailors were rescued a short time later by the schooner Governor Ready The eighteen men were stranded once again, together with the fourteen crew members of the Swiftsure. However, two days later the Swiftsure ran aground and was wrecked. After three miserable days the Swiftsure was passing, spied them and brought them aboard. All eighteen men reached the safety of a rock and they waited to be rescued. The ship had set a course where it had to pass through the notorious Torres Strait, full of shallows and coral reefs, and it was on one of these reefs that the Mermaid foundered. Aboard were the captain, Samuel Nolbrow, and a crew of seventeen. N October 1829, the schooner Mermaid sailed out of Sidney Harbour bound for Raffles Bay, which is near present day Darwin.