Continued from the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic site.
The Altalante was headed for Halifax, returning from a patrol with dispatches. In heavy fog, despite heavy precautions, it struck the dreaded Blind Sisters ledge near Sambro Island. The bottom of the ship ripped open and it broke in two.
Due to the efforts of its captain and well-disciplined crew, all 79 men and 1 woman survived.
The Atalante's Captain, the same Frederick Hickey who commanded the ship when it cut in on the Crown's prize, was acquitted of blame for the ship's sinking.
Stay Off the Ledge. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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