Hell Ship: The true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian...

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Michael Veitch

Hell Ship

The true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian...

Michael Veitch

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Allen & Unwin
18 May 2020

History; Maritime history

'Meticulous research. . . Veitch fleshes out a tale of courage and tragedy and brings it to life with drama, passion and detail.' Herald Sun For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but hopeful emigrants - mostly Scottish victims of the Clearances and the potato famine. A better life, they believed, awaited them in Australia.

Three months later, a ghost ship crept into Port Phillip Bay flying the dreaded yellow flag of contagion. On her horrific three-month voyage, deadly typhus had erupted, killing a quarter of Ticonderoga's passengers and leaving many more desperately ill. Sharks, it was said, had followed her passage as the victims were buried at sea.

Panic struck Melbourne. Forbidden to dock at the gold-boom town, the ship was directed to a lonely beach on the far tip of the Mornington Peninsula, a place now called Ticonderoga Bay.

James William Henry Veitch was the ship's assistant surgeon, on his first appointment at sea. Among the volunteers who helped him tend to the sick and dying was a young woman from the Isle of Mull, Annie Morrison. What happened between them on that terrible voyage is a testament to human resilience, and to love.

Michael Veitch is their great-great-grandson, and Hell Ship is his brilliantly researched narrative of one of the biggest stories of its day, now all but forgotten. Broader than his own family's story, it brings to life the hardships and horrors endured by those who came by sea to seek a new life in Australia.

'Imaginative and vivid . . . a window onto the times, both in Britain and Australia.' The Age

By: Michael Veitch
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9781760877460
ISBN 10: 1760877468
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 18 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Veitch is an Australian comedian, broadcaster and author. His books include Flak (Pan Macmillan 2006), Fly (Penguin 2009), The Forgotten Islands (Penguin 2011), 44 Days (Hachette 2016).

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'Meticulous research. . . Veitch fleshes out a tale of courage and tragedy and brings it to life with drama, passion and detail.' Herald Sun

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