The Cursed Voyage of the Neva (1813)

The Neva was said to be carrying a Tlingit curse as it set out from Russia to once again see the shores of Sitka, Alaska. As the ship responsible for the Tlingit tribe evacuating Sitka and leaving their fort to the Russian forces, it was a ship that had a history in the waters of Alaska, though the Russians mostly prized it as one of the two ships to complete the first Russian circumnavigation of the world. This time it would never leave the waters near Sitka however. Ship Name: Neva Launched: 1801 Nationality: Russian Tons: 370 Ship type: Three Masted Sailing Ship Wrecked: 1813 Reason For Wreck: Ran Aground in the Fog Lives Lost: 32 During Wreck, 15 During the Trip From Russia Sources: https://sitkahistory.com/archaeology-above-and-below-the-waves/ https://www.juneauempire.com/life/200-year-old-russian-wreck-found-on-kruzov-island-near-sitka/ https://coastview.org/articles/2020/09/26/neva-kruzof-island/ http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/science-frigate-neva-shipwreck-03225.html https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136012 https://www.cityofsitka.com/about-sitka https://www.nps.gov/sitk/learn/historyculture/battle1804.htm https://www.britannica.com/place/Sitka#ref269310 https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/shipwrecked-in-alaska-a-story-of-survival-200-years-ago/article/487379 https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2017/03/04/archaeologists-say-theyve-found-the-campsite-used-by-survivors-of-legendary-doomed-ship-the-neva/ https://www.alaskaanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AJA_15_2017-McMahan.pdf Cannon Sound Attribution: https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/368270/