Horrible Disaster to the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick, by Fire, and loss of 500 lives

Ballad Title: Horrible Disaster to the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick, by Fire, and loss of 500 lives
Ballad Location: National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection; NK4034
Digital Source: Trove
Background Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospatrick_(ship)
Event Date: 18-11-1874
Event Location: 401 nautical miles (740 km) south-west of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Printing Date: [1874]
Printing Location: 57 High Street, St. Giles, London, England
Printer Name: Disley
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; Shipwreck Ballads
Language: English Ballads
Related Ballads: Burning of an emigrant ship and loss of nearly 500 lives; Lamentable lines on the burning of the Cospatrick

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