The Two Brothers of Cursed Captain Pollard (1823)

When the men of the Essex came on shore in Nantucket they might have been expected to abandon the sea forever. Their voyage in small boats had been a terrible one after their ship was sank by a whale. In the end they had been reduced to cannibalism. Captain Pollard and two of the men who had also survived the Essex almost immediately were on board another whaling ship though, and headed back out to sea. Perhaps this was them looking for comfort in familiarity. What they were to find though was yet another ship wreck.  Ship: The Two Brothers Tonnage: 220 Tons Type: Nantucket Whaler Sank: French Frigate Sholes, Hawaii  Year Sank: 1823 Sources:  https://essex.nha.org/the-aftermath/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/ https://issuu.com/novationmedia/docs/historicnantucketfall10 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/science/11shipwreck.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355991/Two-Brothers-ship-Divers-Whaling-Shipwreck-inspired-Moby-Dick.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/noaa-made-sequel-heart-sea-180957532/ https://councilofamericanmaritimemuseums.org/2015/01/09/nantucket-whaleship-two-brothers-traveling-exhibit/ https://www.americanheritage.com/two-brothers-whaler-discovered https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/lost-and-found-in-papahanaumokuakea-marine-nantucket-monument-the-possible-wreck-site-of-the-nantucket-whaleship-two-brothers/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/110211-two-brothers-whaling-ship-pollard-science-nantucket-noaa https://nantuckettodayonline.com/archives/the-wreck-of-the-two-brothers/ https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/maritime/twobrothers.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/dec17/twobrothers.html