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Tag: Norman’s Woe

Wreck of the Hesperus, Dec. 15, 1839

November 15, 2025 Gordon Harris18 Comments

"It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughtèr, To bear him company."

Posted in Legends, Shipwrecks, StormsTagged 1839, Gloucester, Hesperus, January, Norman's Woe
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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