Bound for the East Indies

The East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' set sail on 1 January 1786, en route from England to India. Her dramatic demise touched the very heart of the nation. It inspired Charles Dickens to put pen to paper; J. M. W. Turner to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.

HCS „Halsewell” din India de Est a navigat la 1 ianuarie 1786, in drum din Anglia catre India. Decesul ei dramatic a atins chiar inima natiunii.