The wager lost sight of the squadron and. It also announces a planned expedition by. In 1741, the british warship hms wager crashed on the shore of an uninhabited island off the coast of chilean patagonia.
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In 1741, the british navy sent the hms wager on a mission that was delayed so long that the ship found itself in the midst of the drake passage in april.
The captain lost control of his crew.
Released to critical praise and strong sales in 2023, the wager tells the story of the wager, a british warship that wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of south america in 1741 while. A tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder (doubleday, 2023), in march 1741 commodore george anson's fleet of six british warships,. The wager was a transport and supply ship, part of george anson's fleet of eight ships sent to harass the spanish in the pacific. She rounded cape horn successfully but ran.
In september 1741, a squadron of ships left england, hoping to create chaos among spanish ships. The wager was one of the ships that failed in her attempt to navigate around the horn having crashed into the rocks on the south coast of chile on may 14, 1741. In may of 1741, under the leadership of captain david cheap, the hms wager was shipwrecked on an island off the south coast of chile. One hundred and forty men reached land.
Those ships included the following:
