The Troubled Rescue of Mary Stoddart (1858)

Ten attempts in total were made to pull the men from the wreck of the Barque Mary Stoddart. Each time the boats were beaten back by the terrible storm that had caused the ship to ground to start with. Each time the men clinging to the rigging could see help get closer, and then turn from them again. On the shore the people could see the men in the rigging, so close yet still completely beyond help. Ship Name: Mary Stoddart Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Barque Nationality: British Location Wrecked: Dundalk Bay, Ireland Year Wrecked: 1858 Reason for Wreck: Storm in Unfamiliar Waters Sources: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/localnotes/talk-on-sinking-of-mary-stoddart-31510367.html http://www.jbhall.clahs.ie/1858_the_sinking_of_the_mary_stoddart.htm https://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/article.php?article=188 https://www.mc-research.com/county-louth/tragedies/1858.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/27729250?read-now=1&seq=9#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/27730020?read-now=1&seq=15#metadata_info_tab_contents https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18580925.2.7 https://www.blackrockvillage.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/THE-MARY-STODDART.pdf https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/04/29/wreck-of-the-barque-mary-stoddart-on-the-irish-coast?searchterm=wreck+chart&page=15