Burning of an emigrant ship and loss of nearly 500 lives · Disaster and Wonder Ballads

Ballad Title: Burning of an emigrant ship and loss of nearly 500 lives
Ballad Location: National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection; NK4034
Digital Source: Trove, National Library of Australia
Background Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospatrick_(ship)
Event Date: 18-11-1874
Event Location: 400 nautical miles (740 km) south-west of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Printing Date: [1874]
Printing Location: s.l.
Printer Name: s.n.
Name of Ship: Cospatrick
Type of Ship: Frigate
Port of Origin: Gravesend, England
Intended Destination: Auckland, New Zealand
Cause of Shipwreck: Fire
Number of Casualties: 469
Relevant Countries: England, New Zealand, South Africa
Sub-Category: Shipwreck Ballads
Language: English Ballads
Related Ballads: Horrible Disaster to the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick, by Fire, and loss of 500 lives; Lamentable lines on the burning of the Cospatrick