Knowledge

Lady Lovibond

Source 📝

22: 73:
from the rail, the mate walked softly up behind the crew member at the wheel and felled him to the deck with one crushing blow. Rivers then seized the wheel and steered the ship onto the treacherous Goodwin Sands, killing everyone aboard. A subsequent inquiry into the disaster recorded a verdict of
68:
According to legend, the first mate, John Rivers, a rival for the hand of the captain's young wife, was pacing the decks in jealous anger. While the captain, his wife and their guests were celebrating the marriage below deck, the first mate was seized with a fit of jealous rage. Casually drawing a
60:
The story goes that the ship was at sea on 13 February because her captain, Simon Reed (in some accounts named Simon Peel), had just been married, and was celebrating the occasion with a cruise. According to several accounts, the ship was bound for
124:. They speculated that the ship may have been a fabrication from the journalist, or based on a ship that sailed into view between 1914 and 1924. Behe and Goss speculate that stories about the ship may have been invented for 89:
in hopes of rescuing the survivors. Captain Bull Prestwick allegedly sighted her in 1948 and reported that she looked real, but gave off an eerie white glow. There was no reported 1998 sighting.
65:
in Portugal. Despite the longstanding sailors' superstition that it was bad luck to bring a woman on board, Reed had brought his bride Annetta with him on the ship.
85:, captained by James Westlake, and a fishing smack. Its alleged 1848 appearance convinced local seamen that a wreck had occurred – they sent out lifeboats from 212: 148:, 2002, "Lady Lovibond: Ghost schooner still sails the English coast", pp 103-05; Lional Fanthorpe and Patricia Fanthorpe, 92:
The Goodwin Sands are England's most fertile grounds for ghost ships, and are also the location of the legendary island of
272: 120: 300: 186: 53:
coast of south-east England, on 13 February 1748, and is said to reappear there every fifty years as a
21: 295: 290: 232: 170: 114:
Researchers George Behe and Michael Goss came to the conclusion that there are no reliable
8: 54: 125: 101: 268: 264: 57:. No contemporary records of the ship or its supposed sinking have been found. 128:
and there were similarities with the story from other fictional ghost stories.
115: 284: 46: 70: 86: 100:
shares the area with two other phantom vessels: a liner called the
42: 81:, on 13 February, 1798, was reported by at least two ships: the 62: 93: 118:
that mention the Lady Lovibond before a 1924 article in the
50: 213:"Ghost Ship Legends – The Lady Lovibond and Queen Mary" 246: 244: 241: 282: 187:"the raising of the ghost ship "lady lovibond"" 25:Aivasovsky Ivan Constantinovich storm 1872 IBI 261:Lost at Sea: Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries 45:that is alleged to have been wrecked on the 77:The first supposed sighting of the phantom 166: 164: 162: 210: 20: 283: 159: 259:Behe, George; Goss, Michael. (2005). 238:, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, 2004 146:In the Realm of Ghosts and Hauntings 41:) is the name given to a legendary 13: 211:Williams, Yona (31 October 2009). 152:, 2004, p. 26ff; Rebecca Stefoff, 14: 312: 156:, 2007, "Spectral sites" p. 51f. 253: 226: 204: 179: 138: 1: 234:Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea 150:Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea 131: 7: 172:Sailing's Strangest Moments 10: 317: 26: 301:Legendary ghost ships 250:Fanthorpe 2004, p.27. 24: 176:, John Harding, 2004 35:(sometimes spelled 154:Ghosts and Spirits 144:E. Randall Floyd, 27: 69:heavy, club-like 308: 275: 265:Prometheus Books 257: 251: 248: 239: 230: 224: 223: 221: 219: 208: 202: 201: 199: 197: 183: 177: 168: 157: 142: 111:, a man-of-war. 316: 315: 311: 310: 309: 307: 306: 305: 281: 280: 279: 278: 258: 254: 249: 242: 231: 227: 217: 215: 209: 205: 195: 193: 185: 184: 180: 169: 160: 143: 139: 134: 126:Valentine's Day 121:Daily Chronicle 116:primary sources 17: 12: 11: 5: 314: 304: 303: 298: 293: 277: 276: 252: 240: 225: 203: 178: 158: 136: 135: 133: 130: 74:misadventure. 16:Legendary ship 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 313: 302: 299: 297: 296:Kent folklore 294: 292: 291:Sailing ships 289: 288: 286: 274: 273:1-57866-147-1 270: 267:. pp. 26-30. 266: 262: 256: 247: 245: 237: 235: 229: 214: 207: 192: 188: 182: 175: 173: 167: 165: 163: 155: 151: 147: 141: 137: 129: 127: 123: 122: 117: 112: 110: 106: 105: 99: 98:Lady Lovibond 95: 90: 88: 84: 80: 79:Lady Lovibond 75: 72: 66: 64: 58: 56: 52: 48: 47:Goodwin Sands 44: 40: 39: 34: 33: 32:Lady Lovibond 23: 19: 260: 255: 233: 228: 216:. Retrieved 206: 194:. Retrieved 191:dadonline.uk 190: 181: 171: 153: 149: 145: 140: 119: 113: 108: 103: 97: 91: 82: 78: 76: 71:belaying pin 67: 59: 37: 36: 31: 30: 28: 18: 285:Categories 132:References 109:Shrewsbury 107:, and the 83:Edenbridge 55:ghost ship 49:, off the 218:27 March 196:27 March 104:Montrose 102:SS  43:schooner 38:Luvibond 236:, p. 27 174:, p. 24 271:  96:. The 63:Oporto 94:Lomea 269:ISBN 220:2022 198:2022 87:Deal 51:Kent 29:The 287:: 263:. 243:^ 189:. 161:^ 222:. 200:.

Index


schooner
Goodwin Sands
Kent
ghost ship
Oporto
belaying pin
Deal
Lomea
SS Montrose
primary sources
Daily Chronicle
Valentine's Day



Sailing's Strangest Moments, p. 24
"the raising of the ghost ship "lady lovibond""
"Ghost Ship Legends – The Lady Lovibond and Queen Mary"
Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea, p. 27


Prometheus Books
ISBN
1-57866-147-1
Categories
Sailing ships
Kent folklore
Legendary ghost ships

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.