Beginning in May 1804 (following the Louisiana Purchase), the now-legendary Corps of Discovery Expedition brought the explorers from St. Louis all the way west to the Pacific Ocean. I was named after myThank you for the fascinating comment.
And as the legend might sound, it is not that just these 3 shipwreck incidents have occurred in the span of 200 years, there were few hundreds of shipwrecks around the Menai Strait. Moreover, December 5 time along the Wales coast happens to be the prime season for dangerous, windy, and stormy weather and the coldness of the waters increase the likelihood of deaths in a shipwreck. The site features a collection of unexplained, strange and odd mysteries.contact us to submit an unexplained mystery article, or to join the team on the email address below.
Apparently the Anglicization of Welsh names had an impact. By the way, has anyone ever hesitated to join you on a boat or ship?I have only been on four cruise ships,and a number of smallerI am sure that you are correct, sir.
Then another on June 21, 2013, who began telling the story of his family and past. Do it again William Hughs.There is no real records that say such. The story starts out the same with the sinkings on December 5, 1664 and 1785, with Hugh Williams, the only survivor. Right so this guy was an amzing died but it wants the same person it was three differnt man and tey called him Hugh E Williams. Another source actually references two other British shipwrecks with the lone survivors bearing the name Hugh Williams, except they weren’t on December 5. The link belowIn this article I show some probability calculations on this story, such as it is told in this blog. On the same day in 1785, another boat, with sixty persons, overset, and all the passengers were drowned except one, also named Hugh Williams; and, August 5th, 1820, a third boat, with twenty-five passengers, met the same disaster, and all perished except one, who, singular to relate, was named Hugh Williams. The Internet..share and spread the BS..Was a rough time. December 5 might just go down as one of history's most coincidental days ever. He leido The Unsinkable Hugh Williams – Truth Behind the Legend? Of course, Porthmadoc is some distance from the Straits of Menai.There are at least two people buried at the Old Llanidan Church Anglesey who were drowned crossing the Menai Straits.
Only one man survived, and he was named Hugh Williams. That knowledge did not stop my father from pursuing a career as a naval architect and spending a great amount of time aboard naval vessels and freighters. This is an awesome legend, and the scope of the coincidence is staggering. I will ask for the names of the passengers before I go on another cruise!Hello! It is great to find pearls like your blog.I found this story to be quite interesting. Over all, i think that there is more research to be done if you want the whole truth.Thank you for adding the information passed on by your family heritage it is amazing to read.I thought that was facsinating, its like a moral to the story is to think out the box, I agree with you destiny sutherland, although the is an explanation for it, the survivors were still hugh williamsVery interesting. Dont believe everything on the internet, for I am the real Hugh Williams.If Hugh Williams is such a common name, they should look at how many Hugh Williams dies on these ships.its like a dreamer..,when you get heard of it..,but is that to say all of them they are family THE FAMILY STORY OF HUGH WILLIAM@The real Hugh Williams The person you’re referring to didn’t mention that he’s one of the three people in the story :/I wish my name is Hugh and go to Menai Strait by ship.Fascinating story to say the least. It was revealed that the only survivor was a man named Hugh Williams. The only survivor was a man named Hugh Williams. Given this, and the fact that the strait is heavily trafficked, it should come as no surprise that it has seen its fair share of shipwrecks. My grandfather interrupted the potential line of I, II, III and IV by being named Leonard, the youngest of 12 and having 11 older sisters. Today I Googled Hugh Wilson and Hugh Williams came up. Dense forests, deep rivers, vast plains. 80 passengers died - there was only one survivor, a man named Hugh Williams.That same day in 1785, another shipwreck occurred in the same strait.
The story changes for the 1820 sinking. It happen a long time ago right? Meriwether Lewis and William Clark braved forbidding, unexplored (by white men) wilderness in their search for the ultimately mythical Northwest Passage. Truly intriguing.
The last name Williams is quite prevalent in much of Wales, as is the first name Hugh. On the same day and month, 1785, another boat was capsized with 60 passengers, who were all drowned, with the exception of one, a Hugh Williams!! People were expected to be there on time and not a minute later because this church was known to start their choir practices precisely at 7:20pm and not a minute later. The triggering event of the creation of this creepy occurrence circulating this name was in 1660 when there was an awful shipwreck in the Dover Straits. It is believed that during the 200-year span between the three notable shipwrecks, there were upwards of 300 reported wrecks in the strait.Now that you know about the Menai's shipwreck potential, let's talk about those three survivors being named Hugh Williams. Totally going to read up on this now. The next event happened in 1767 where there was another tragic shipwreck that happened to be in the same area as the one in 1660.
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