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Wreck of the Sixties London Ship Disaster
The London, a 1752-ton passenger liner, sank in the Bay of Biscay after January 11 1866 gale. Of 271 aboard 270 lost, including Australian-bound Grahams and the famed Dr Brooke, the ship went down after engine failure and rapid flooding despite heroic crew and passenger efforts. Captain Martin stayed aboard to the end.
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S,s
London
Melbourne
Bay of Biscay
Australia
Victoria
Messrs Money
Wigram and Company
Martin
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth
Land's End
Toorbay
Wiliam Graham
Thomas Graham
David Graham
David M.vittle
John Little
Grahams
Thomas
David
England
William
Mr Little
Little
Brooke