As every mariner knows, the calm green sea in our postcard match is very misleading. In an instant winds can whip up this languid lurking mass into a fearsome monster. Which is exactly what happened on the evening of 2 January 1899. Unfortunately the steamer ‘SS Angers’ had already left Newhaven for
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Guest post! The death wedding of Honfleur…
Frederic Shoberl Esq., when writing his ‘Excursions in Normandy’ in 1841, relayed the tragic story of the death-wedding of Honfleur. Frederic was aboard 'Le Passager', sailing between Le Havre and Honfleur, when he struck up a conversation with the Helmsman, who told him of a strange tale of heartache, catastrophe and the