: The Wreck on the Andamans by Darvall Joseph - Briton (Ship); Runnymede (Ship)

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THE WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS:

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A NARRATIVE OF THE VERY REMARKABLE PRESERVATION, AND ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE, OF THE SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN, WHO FORMED THE SHIPS' COMPANIES OF THE RUNNYMEDE AND BRITON TROOP-SHIPS, BOTH WRECKED ON THE MORNING OF THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER, 1844, UPON ONE OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.

BY

JOSEPH DARVALL, Esq.

"The dangers of the sea, All the cares and all the fears, When the stormy winds do blow."

LONDON: PELHAM RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL. 1845.

PELHAM RICHARDSON, PRINTER, 23, CORNHILL.

PREFACE

The Author, owing to circumstances, has had access to authentic documents and facts, relating to one of the most remarkable shipwrecks which have ever happened, that of the troop-ships Runnymede and Briton, on the morning of the 12th of November, 1844, upon one of the Andaman Islands.

In reading these, it struck him forcibly, that the circumstances, if thrown into the shape of a narrative, would form not only an interesting publication, but would serve as a monument of the cool intrepidity and judicious presence of mind of British officers, soldiers, and seamen, in a time of remarkable trial.

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