Today in History: Sinking of the Peerless

On this date, December 9, 1870, the good ship Peerless (the “October” Peerless from Raffles v. Wichelhaus) is abandoned and sinks at night seventy miles north-north-west of Cape Horn.  The ship was en route from Newport in Wales to Callao.  Fortunately, all of the crew are brought away safely by the Norwegian barque Elise Mathilde.

[Frank Snyder]