The Forfarshire, it would later be acknowledged, had been in too poor repair to be sailing, and the decision to try to reach her destination had proved to be deadly. The lives lost and the stories of those who had survived would all be immediately overshadowed by a public who only wanted to know about one person however. They wanted to know all about the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, Grace Darling. Overnight her life would be turned upside-down.

Ship Name: Forfarshire

Launched: 1836

Ship Type: Side Paddle Steamer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Tonage: 450

Sank: 1838

Reason For Sinking: Struck rocks in storm due to failing engine

Lives Lost: Not a certain number, estimated 43

Sources:

http://www.gracedarling.co.uk/index.html

https://books.google.com/books?vid=03R4BN5-_p7leh7HdJ&id=j5FNfdZ8QwcC&pg=RA1-PA138&lpg=RA1-PA138&dq=Forfarshire&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=Forfarshire&f=false

https://archive.org/details/tragedyseasorso00ellmgoog/page/n11/mode/1up

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/grace-darling-or-the-wreck-of-the-forfarshire

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23295/pg23295-images.html#chap11

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/grace-darling-poetic-heroine-1.83730

https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/tyne/article_3.shtml

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