Wreck of the Nimrod, The

DESCRIPTION: The steamship Nimrod sets out from Moreton Bay for Liverpool. When a storm blows up, not even the skilled crew can keep the ship from running aground. At last a bark picks up the survivors
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Sam Henry collection)
KEYWORDS: ship storm wreck disaster rescue
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H717, p. 108, "The Wreck of the Nimrod" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13369
NOTES [53 words]: Not related to "The Nimrod's Song," which is about seal hunters. I doubt the song refers to Ernest Shackleton's famous Nimrod (which IS the subject of "The Nimrod's Song"), which Shackleton sold to buy the ill-fated Endurance; that Nimrod was wrecked near Yarmouth in 1919, but the details sound different, - RBW
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File: HHH717

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