Letter of Ranulph Dacre : Valetta (Long) Island, to Robert Brooks, London. 1825.

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Letter of Ranulph Dacre : Valetta (Long) Island, to Robert Brooks, London. 1825.

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Includes a 16 foolscap page letter by Ranulph Dacre to Robert Brooks, concerning the loss the 'Valetta'. Part of the letter was written from Valetta (Long) Island, the second part was written from Sydney. Also includes research by Ray Blackwood regarding the wreck of the 'Valetta', and interpretations of references in the Dacre letter.

16 p. (1 folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7069353

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Brooks, Robert B.

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Valetta (Ship)

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Blackwood, Ray.

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Dacre, Ranulph.

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The ship 'Valetta' was beached at Scawfell Island (near Cape Gloucester), near Bowen, Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. There are conflicting reports concerning her ultimate fate. One suggests she was abandoned after attempts had been made for three weeks to repair her. Another states she was refloated only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. While surveying the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an old ship lying off the hea...