The Gloria Scott: The Lutine Bell

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Canon Story: The Gloria Scott
Title: The Lutine Bell (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It is with great sorrow we have to report once again the Lutine bell has been rung by Lloyd’s at the Royal Exchange, with news another ship is well overdue and therefore may be presumed to have sunk.  Some of our older readers may recall the salvaging of the bell in 1859, with the subsequent institution of this sad tradition.
 

Comments

[debriswoman]

Such a perilous life...out on the high seas.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A very sad tradition indeed. The sea can be a dangerous place.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

It is indeed.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

But a very interesting one.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What a good idea! Thanks for sharing it.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Intriguing, moving, and educational.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. The history behind the bell is very interesting. HMS Lutine was carrying a large cargo of gold and silver when she sunk in 1799. The cargo had been insured for about £1 million pounds.

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

There's something about the voice here, the matter-of-factness, that really seems to fit, to me. It's a very somber but effective piece.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.