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Teignmouth Electron
The ''Teignmouth Electron'' was a 41-foot trimaran sailing vessel designed explicitly for Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated attempt to sail around the world in the Golden Globe Race of 1968. She became a ghost ship after Crowhurst reported false positions and presumably committed suicide at sea. The journey was meticulously catalogued in Crowhurst's found logbooks, which also documented the captain's thoughts, philosophy, and eventual mental breakdown. Sold after its recovery, the vessel passed through several subsequent hands, being re-purposed and re-fitted as a cruise vessel and later, dive boat, before eventually being beached at Cayman Brac, a small Caribbean Sea, Caribbean island, where its remains were still visible as at 2019 but in an advanced state of decay. Design and construction Construction on the ''Teignmouth Electron'' began in June 1968 after Crowhurst failed to acquire the vessel ''Gipsy Moth IV'', previously sailed by Sir Francis Chichester in his 1967 circumnavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teignmouth Electron Shortly After Launch
Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Devon. It is situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,749 at the last census in 2011. From the 1800s onwards, the town rapidly grew in size from a fishing port associated with the Cod fishing in Newfoundland, Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian era, Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the town remains a popular seaside and day trip holiday location. History To 1700 The first record of Teignmouth, ''Tengemuða'', meaning ''mouth of the stream'', was in 1044. Nonetheless, settlements very close by are attested earlier, with the banks of the Teign estuary having been in Saxon hands since at least 682, a battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
