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December 09, 2005

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.