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HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. It was built as an East Indiaman in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the East India Company before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1739.
The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific.
Mar 9, 2024 · In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager wrecked upon an island off the coast of Chile, leading the crew to descend into mutiny, murder, and even cannibalism. What began as a difficult voyage soon became a hellish one.
Apr 18, 2023 · Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later...
Apr 18, 2023 · Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller.
The British naval ship the Wager is wrecked on a desolate island off the tip of South America in 1740. The captain and crew struggle to survive and maintain order while battling extreme weather and their own human nature.
Apr 19, 2023 · Survivors of the 18th-century crash of the HMS Wager undertook the perilous task of salvaging what was left of the vessel. Then, mutiny followed. In this 1805 engraving, the castaways are shown...
Jul 14, 2023 · The British Admiralty purchased the HMS Wager, a 30-gun trading ship, to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific. The result was one of the most catastrophic mutiny attempts in naval history.
Apr 8, 2021 · The story of HMS Wager, wrecked off the coast of Patagonian Chile in 1741, must be one of the most sensational and dramatic catastrophes of them all. Surprisingly, history has never given it much attention.
Jul 31, 2023 · In 1740, a modest squadron of ships from Britain’s Royal Navy departed Portsmouth in pursuit of an immoderate treasure.
