For the crew of the Essex, it was a day flecked with hope: The lookouts atop the whale-ship saw spouts, telltale signs of nearby sperm whales. But within hours, tragedy, rather than bounty ...

It is about the whaling ship "Essex," which sank after being attacked by a sperm whale. Nickerson is based on the ship's cabin boy and played by Brendon Gleeson in the movie's present timeline ...

Only three days into their voyage, a violent squall battered the Essex, terrifying the inexperienced crew. The ship began to creak and listed dangerously. Captain Pollard managed to reach the ...

SALVAGED items from an Essex shipwreck were showcased on a primetime BBC Two history ahead of major exhibition later this year. Treasures found on The London Shipwreck were featured on Digging ...

It is believed that Melville based Moby Dick on several real-life events, one of which was the sinking of the whaling ship Essex by a sperm whale. On November 20, 1820, the Essex was attacked by a ...

The ship carried 492 passengers - many of them children ... on Thames Clipper boats from the event in central London to Essex. Attendees were treated to music from a local steel pan band, Windrush ...

The ending of In the Heart of the Sea showcases the tragic fates of the crew aboard the Essex. Of the 20 men aboard the whaleship, only 8 survived the shipwreck. Following the destruction of their ...

A FRAGMENT from a ship involved in the mutiny on the Bounty ... “Sadly, I lost dad, an Essex boy born in Benfleet, at the age of 87 in 2014. “For 10 years I kept his historical treasure ...

A relic which an RAF technician said he salvaged from the wreckage of a famous 18th Century ship is set to go under the hammer. John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large ...

The 'Save The London Campaign' was set up in July to help save the battleship, which is disintegrating on the bed of the Thames Estuary, in Essex ... The London Shipwreck Trust This leather ...