Princess Augusta Haunts Block Island (1738)

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote “wise sound skippers, though skies be fine, Reef their sails when they see the sign, of the blazing wreck of the Palatine”. There was no ship, The Palatine, however. Instead there was a ship of Palatine immigrants called the Princess Augusta, lost to time, and only remembered as a glimmer on the sea. Ship Name: Princess Augusta Nationality: English Built: 1720 Tonnage: 200 Tons Sank: 1738 Location Sank: Block Island, Rhode Island Reason for Sinking: Hit sand bar in a storm Lives Lost: Over 300 over the space of the voyage, exact number unknown. Sources: The Story of the Palatines: An Episode in Colonial History, By Sanford Hoadley Cobb A History of Block Island, By Samuel Truesdale Livermore Block Island Map and Guide, By Samuel Truesdale Livermore http://archive.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2004/12/20/legend_of_18th_century_ship_still_haunts_block_island/?page=2 https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/sffaudio-usa/mp3s/GhostsOfTheSeaByT.C.Bridges.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6615/6615-h/6615-h.htm#link2H_4_0164 https://ia600500.us.archive.org/35/items/legendssuperstit00bass/legendssuperstit00bass.pdf http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/859/the-palatine.html https://loyolanotredamelib.org/php/report05/articles/pdfs/Report40Wust21-56.pdf https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Pall_Mall_Magazine/CAPOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1