3 June 1853 // HMS Investigator, a former merchantman purchased by the Royal Navy to search for Franklin's lost Northwest Passage expedition, was abandoned on this date after being trapped for nearly 3 years in pack ice off Banks Island, northwest Canada. Her sunken wreck was found in 2010. [1/2]
#OTD 8 Junr 1800 off Cap de Gata in Spain the Danish-Norwegian frigate HAVFRUEN (40 guns) under Cdr Jost van Dockum denies the Royal Navy frigates HMS SHEERNES (44 guns), HMS SENSIBLE (32 guns) & HMS RESOURCE (28 guns) visitation of its convoy #navalhistory
Archaic word of the day:
fain - pleased or willing under the circumstances; eager; obliged (First recorded in the early Middle Ages; Old English fægen; cognate with Old Norse feginn, meaning 'happy')
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Archaic word of the day:
excogigate - plot, plan, devise; to think out in detail (First recorded in 1520; from Latin excōgitātus)
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Archaic word of the day:
esurient – extremely hungry, greedy, voracious (First recorded in 1665; from Latin ēsurīre)
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Archaic word of the day:
espousal - an engagement or betrothal celebration; a marriage ceremony (First recorded in 1275; Old French espousailles from Latin spōnsālia)
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