6/7/2023 0 Comments Hms ulysses![]() ![]() Meanwhile, until the requested assistance arrived, the crew was busy keeping the ship afloat assuming that once the ship’s cargo had been offloaded that the Ulysses could simply be pulled off the reef.Īssistance in the form of 2 lighters, with the HMS Falcon didn’t arrive until the 20th of August. ![]() ![]() Just before dawn, the British steamer Kerbala appeared and it was requested that she make for Suez in all haste and request assistance for the grounded ship. Upon first inspection, Captain Bremner estimated the damage to the ship to be slight and, as the ship’s pumps were easily handling the amount of incoming water, he decided to wait for assistance from any passing vessels. In the early morning hours on 16 August, the ship struck the northern side of Gubal Seghir and was hard aground. Upon clearing the Suez the ship continued its journey southward and on the evening of 15 August Captain Bremner checked the navigation charts one last time before retiring to his cabin. It should be mentioned at this point that for Captain Bremner, an experienced captain who previously had had other commands, this was his first voyage through the Red Sea. The voyage south to the Mediterranean and on through the Suez Canal were uneventful. In mid-summer 1887, the Ulysses, under the command of Captain Arthur Bremner, departed London with a cargo for general merchandise destined for Penang, China. ![]()
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