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Something to do with the quarries maybe?
library.oapen.org/bitstream/id...
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Alt text: "They are topped with roast aubergines and garlic." There's no garlic in the recipe? :)
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Only one butterfly so far, a peacock flying confusedly by the shops.
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Yeah, both witches and ravens are too wise to engage in the above mentioned behaviours. #SayNoToGentrificationOfTheWitches
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AĂĂȀÁĂĂ
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Really interesting, this one. The modern summaries are all quite different.
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The info above is based on Danish contemporary sources. #gunboatwar
Newspapers:
• Danske Statstidende, Mar 4 1811 hdl.handle.net/109.3.1/uuid...;
• Fyens Stiftstidende, on rescue, Mar 5 1811 hdl.handle.net/109.3.1/uuid....
Bailiff reports on the 2 wrecks:
• skagensiden.dk/skagensiden/...
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Casualties: all 3 midshipmen, 26 sailors & 2 women died. 109 people, 94 living & 15 dead were taken off that day (the boats were overwhelmed, & the weather deteriorated again). Many had suffered frostbite. 33 needed hospitalising, others received care in private homes, guarded by townsfolk. 4/5
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Aboard Pandora: Captain, Lieutenant, 112 men & 11 women. The ship was on her beam ends, taking on water. After a stormy and freezing night, she was spotted, & two boats were launched; tall seas prevented them from reaching the ship. The next day, Feb 15, was calmer, & several boats arrived. 3/5
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& met five boats from Venus & Pandora who'd noticed Atlas. The Danes fled. The British came under fire from the shore, but managed to burn the wreck. To protect the boats, Pandora had advanced further into the reef. Turning, she too ran aground. The first rescue attempt was made on Feb 14. 2/5
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Main version is, wandered into an area where new British mines had been laid the day before. www.seawarmuseum.dk/U-50-forside...
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Klitmøller rescue crew brought 83 men to shore. One of the oldest lifeboat stations, equipped with a rocket apparatus. www.marineforeningen.dk/wp-content/u...
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Glad to be of help. I can see the new edition of Palle Uhd Jepsen's book is available in English.
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The Great Danish Encyclopedia says 1391 (853 and 538) lex.dk/St._George_o... Gravestone at the Sdr. Nissum cemetery: sdrnissum-kirke.dk/images/uploa... The first book in Danish about the wreck was written already in 1812.
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You're welcome. Jydske Efterretninger is a newspaper, Samlinger til jydsk historie og topografi is a local history journal (the article in situ: slaegtsbibliotek.dk/909371.pdf (1906-8); earlier witness account it mentions slaegtsbibliotek.dk/909333.pdf, 1868-9, p. 312).
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A contemporary Danish source, Jydske Efterretninger (1812, nr. 6) apparently quotes one of the surviving sailors. St George, 562 men and 200 marines (alternatively, up to 900 total incl. civilians), Defence, 550 men. www.arkivthy.dk/images/jyskh...
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The museum guesses that the crew numbers didn't change much since summer (1338), + an unknown number of civilians. The rudder was accidentally found while building offshore wind turbines in 2003. It's now shown upright in its own tower.
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strandingsmuseet.dk says ca. 1400 lives lost. 17 survivors. The museum also has HMS St George's rudder (lost in the Baltic).
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I've seen these made into bowls.
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Sea spiders are lovely, but the hum and the slowness make this video super ominous.
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Ah, not a neighbour then. Probably just considering a territory expansion?
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Fantastic pics, really enjoyed them. Was that the only time you saw that fox?
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Just chanced upon one of your replies and instantly remembered that you're the person who posted a video and some photos of a "foxy darling" (it's been ages).