#cromartyshire

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The Traditional scottish county of Cromartyshire.

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Cromartyshire in 1892

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Jesus just had some notions shattered, not that I should be surprised given what I know of people in general.

Was rewatching the movie Titanic and looking up some things. Everyone remembers the whole ‘Women and Children First’ for the lifeboats, and its something you see men at times proudly stating about how noble they are or such. That we’re willing to die so the women and children may live. You also of course see guys decrying that with “You want equality then why should it be women and children first!?”

That’s not the shattered notion thing, I’ve heard/read about comments regarding that off and on.

The notion shattering bit is that I believed that we had always tended to be “Women and Children First” in disasters such as sinking ships.

Fuck No we haven’t, for all our pretend nobility men have trampled over women even in life and death situations to save themselves. The second group decrying women and children first don’t seem to realize that wasn’t really a common thing at all and the Titanic was one of the first major examples of that actually happening.

Take the SS Arctic she was in service during the 1850s, She sank in 1854 after colliding with a French Steamer in Fog. The Arctic had 250 Passengers, and 150 crew onboard at the time. 24 Male Passengers and 61 Crew survived, all the women and children died. Like the Titanic she only had the lifeboat capacity for about half of the people onboard.

Then you have the SS Atlantic launched in 1870, struck an underwater rock in April 1873. All 10 Lifeboats were washed away or smashed when lowered, forcing survivors to swim or climb ropes to a wave swept rock before trying to reach a barren shore. Out of 952 Aboard only 429 survived, all women and children perish except for a 12 year old boy. Granted in this scenario there weren’t any lifeboats at all but definitely still shows where people’s priorities were at the time.

Also the SS La Bourgogne collided with the British Sailing Ship Cromartyshire in 1898. Was carrying 506 Passenger sand 220 crew with 549 lost. only 70 of the 173 survivors were passengers and only 1 woman rescued out of about 300 that were onboard. According to accounts here though the Ship’s Officers remained at their posts after the collision with all but one failing to survive.

Now I’m not saying “Oh it totally should be women and children first 100%” Or anything really given how disasters are. Just that it was something I had always thought was generally practiced, you know the Chivalrous Man risking himself to protect the more vulnerable. But yeah that Women and Children first preconception is completely shattered and has always basically been a load of bullshit apparently.

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(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The La Bourgogne was built in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique better known as the French Line. She was a sleek looking ocean liner with four auxiliary sail rigged masts and twin funnels. La Bourgogne like many other passenger ships of the era, was constructed of an iron hull and wood superstructure, propelled by a single screw propeller. Her maiden voyage from Le Havre, France to New York City was in 1886.

On July 3, 1898, at the height of the Spanish-American War, La Bourgogne left New York City for what would be the last time. She would never make it to Le Havre. About 5:00 AM in the early morning of July 4, 1898, La Bourgogne, shrouded in dense fog and pitch black darkness was passing south of Sable Island in Nova Scotia at full speed, when she was rammed by the British sailing vessel Cromartyshire. The damage from the resulting collision destroyed several starboard lifeboats and punctured a number of the compartments on La Bourgogne’s side. The bow of the Cromartyshire was destroyed. The La Bourgogne passed the Cromartyshire but soon began sinking. Before the dawn would arrive, La Bourgogne would become a terrible tragedy of horror and cowardice causing huge outrage and disgust across the United States.

The Cromartyshire originally percieved itself to be in danger. Her 21 man crew observed flares and audible whistle blasts coming from La Bourgogne. Captain Henderson aboard the Cromartyshire believed La Bourgogne was offering assistance. A half hour later, the fog rescinded enough to show a horrifying scene. The La Bourgogne was sinking fast and hundreds were still aboard the ship. The crew of the La Bourgogne was escaping in the lifeboats leaving the passengers behind to succumb to a terrible fate. Crewmembers were beating passengers with fists knives and oars brutally to keep them away from the lifeboats. A half hour later, the La Bourgogne listed completely to port and sank by the stern taking with her almost every woman and every single child.

In the aftermath of the sinking, it was said hundreds of dead bodies floated up from the now sunken ship. Hundreds were left in the water, holding on to dear life in freezing winter temperatures of the north Atlantic. Most awaiting rescue died of hypothermia. The crew of the Cromartyshire began to rescue all possible survivors. In the end, their efforts saved less than 70 of the 506 pasengers aboard, where half the crew had survived the disaster. As many passengers were American, the news soon spread around the world and caused massive outrage in the United States public and press, disgusted and horrified by the reported actions of La Bourgogne’s crew from surviving passengers. The “Kansas City Journal” went as far as to decry the French crew as demons. Making matters worse, French authorities covered up the investigation further outraging the American public.

It is most likely that the wreck of La Bourgogne has never been found. She lies in deep water over two miles below the surface, southwest of the final resting place of the RMS Titanic.

The La Bourgogne as a newbuilding in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France

    Flashback in maritime history – Sinking of SS La Bourgogne, 4 July 1898 with the loss of 549 lives (www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The La Bourgogne was built in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique better known as the French Line.

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Scotland - Ullapool by Marcial Bernabeu Via Flickr: Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña - Escocia - Ullapool ENGLISH Ullapool is a town of around 1,500 inhabitants in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands. Despite its small size it is the largest settlement for many miles around and a major tourist destination of Scotland. The North Atlantic Drift passes Ullapool, bringing moderate temperatures. A few Cordyline australis or New Zealand cabbage trees are grown in the town and are often mistaken for palms. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides. The town was historically in Cromartyshire, a county made up of many physically-separated parcels of land scattered across northern Ross-shire. Cromartyshire was abolished and combined with surrounding Ross-shire in 1890. Many of the pivotal discoveries of the Victorian era that contributed to the development of the concept of plate tectonics were made in this area, and there are still regular international geological conferences. Parliament granted permission in the 1890s for a railway from Ullapool to the main Highland network at Garve, but insufficient funds resulted in the scheme being abandoned. ******************************************************************************* ESPAÑOL Ullapool (en gaélico escocés, Ullapul o Ulapul) es un pequeño pueblo de Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Escocia. A pesar se su pequeño tamaño, se trata del asentamiento más grandes a muchos kilómetros a la redonda. Fundada en 1788 como un puerto para la pesca del arenque. Fue diseñado por Thomas Telford, en la orilla este de Loch Broom. El puerto es todavía el centro del pueblo, siendo usado como puerto pesquero, para yates y como base para ferries a Stornoway, en las Hébridas exteriores. El pueblo cuenta con un pequeño museo, un centro de artes, una piscina pública, campo de golf, servicios médicos y un colegio así como varios bares (pubs).

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(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The La Bourgogne was built in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique better known as the French Line. She was a sleek looking ocean liner with four auxiliary sail rigged masts and twin funnels. La Bourgogne like many other passenger ships of the era, was constructed of an iron hull and wood superstructure, propelled by a single screw propeller. Her maiden voyage from Le Havre, France to New York City was in 1886.

On July 3, 1898, at the height of the Spanish-American War, La Bourgogne left New York City for what would be the last time. She would never make it to Le Havre. About 5:00 AM in the early morning of July 4, 1898, La Bourgogne, shrouded in dense fog and pitch black darkness was passing south of Sable Island in Nova Scotia at full speed, when she was rammed by the British sailing vessel Cromartyshire. The damage from the resulting collision destroyed several starboard lifeboats and punctured a number of the compartments on La Bourgogne’s side. The bow of the Cromartyshire was destroyed. The La Bourgogne passed the Cromartyshire but soon began sinking. Before the dawn would arrive, La Bourgogne would become a terrible tragedy of horror and cowardice causing huge outrage and disgust across the United States.

The Cromartyshire originally percieved itself to be in danger. Her 21 man crew observed flares and audible whistle blasts coming from La Bourgogne. Captain Henderson aboard the Cromartyshire believed La Bourgogne was offering assistance. A half hour later, the fog rescinded enough to show a horrifying scene. The La Bourgogne was sinking fast and hundreds were still aboard the ship. The crew of the La Bourgogne was escaping in the lifeboats leaving the passengers behind to succumb to a terrible fate. Crewmembers were beating passengers with fists knives and oars brutally to keep them away from the lifeboats. A half hour later, the La Bourgogne listed completely to port and sank by the stern taking with her almost every woman and every single child.

In the aftermath of the sinking, it was said hundreds of dead bodies floated up from the now sunken ship. Hundreds were left in the water, holding on to dear life in freezing winter temperatures of the north Atlantic. Most awaiting rescue died of hypothermia. The crew of the Cromartyshire began to rescue all possible survivors. In the end, their efforts saved less than 70 of the 506 pasengers aboard, where half the crew had survived the disaster. As many passengers were American, the news soon spread around the world and caused massive outrage in the United States public and press, disgusted and horrified by the reported actions of La Bourgogne’s crew from surviving passengers. The “Kansas City Journal” went as far as to decry the French crew as demons. Making matters worse, French authorities covered up the investigation further outraging the American public.

It is most likely that the wreck of La Bourgogne has never been found. She lies in deep water over two miles below the surface, southwest of the final resting place of the RMS Titanic.

The La Bourgogne as a newbuilding in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France

    Flashback in maritime history – Sinking of SS La Bourgogne, 4 July 1898 with the loss of 549 lives (www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The La Bourgogne was built in 1885 at the Société Nouvelles de Forges et Chantiers de Médditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique better known as the French Line.