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Domestic News
January 16, 1830
Constitutional Whig
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Reports from Havana indicate no news of the U.S. ship Hornet since a gale, leading to general belief she was lost at sea, similar to the Blakely. An English frigate in the same area barely survived by jettisoning guns. Source: Mobile Register.
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The Hornet.--We learn from a gentleman of intelligence who left Havana on the 16th inst., that no tidings had been received at that place of the Hornet, and that the impression was general, that she must have been lost.--This opinion is rendered still more probable, from the circumstance, that an English frigate which was cruising in the same latitude at the time of the gale, was barely saved by throwing her guns overboard.-- From all accounts, there is too much reason to apprehend that her gallant commander, officers and crew, have met with the fate of the unhappy Blakely.--[Mobile Register.
What sub-type of article is it?
Shipping
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Hornet Ship
Presumed Lost
Gale
English Frigate
Havana Report
What entities or persons were involved?
Blakely
Where did it happen?
Havana
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Havana
Event Date
16th Inst.
Key Persons
Blakely
Outcome
hornet presumed lost with commander, officers, and crew
Event Details
No tidings of the Hornet received in Havana; general impression she was lost in a gale. English frigate in same latitude barely saved by throwing guns overboard. Apprehended fate similar to the unhappy Blakely.