The Fatal Cave of the Halsewell (1786)

Charles Dickens wrote in his short story The Long Voyage: “See the Halsewell, East Indiaman outward bound, driving madly on a January night towards the rocks near Seacombe, on the island of Purbeck! …The description of her loss, familiar to me from my early boyhood, seems to be read aloud as she rushes to her destiny.” For Dickens the Halsewell was a vessel to express final regrets and a contemplation of a new year, but at one time it had been the pride of the British East India Company. Ship Name: Halsewell Nationality: British Built: 1778 Tonnage: 758 Ship Type: East Indiaman Year Wrecked: 1786 Reason For Wreck: Wrecked in a Storm Against a Cliff Lives Lost: At least 166 Sources: https://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=83f7a4bf-d10b-4d7c-8f2f-e10dd7f8142d https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2010/12/the-loss-of-the-halsewell/ https://books.google.com/books?id=XjQaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA615&dq=halsewell+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9_q630rH9AhVRIH0KHQWnCOk4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=halsewell%20shipwreck&f=false https://americanliterature.com/author/charles-dickens/short-story/the-long-voyage https://books.google.com/books?id=958zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA195&dq=halsewell+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv4I_U0rH9AhXdlYkEHZQMCfk4FBDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=halsewell%20shipwreck&f=false https://archive.org/details/ahistoryshipwre01reddgoog/page/n194/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/papersreadbefor00socigoog/page/n178/mode/2up https://books.google.com/books?id=DTIFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=dKEcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA212#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=_H4qAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false