Extrait des Ephémérides de Joseph Lehuenen et Emile Sasco.
- 19 novembre 1860 : " Naufrage de la goélette anglaise Betzy sur la côte est de Miquelon en face de Mirande "
- 20 novembre 1827 : " Coup de vent violent accompagné de neige. La goélette Betsy se jette à la côte sur le littoral de la rade de Miquelon ".
Avis de recherche historique : Anglaise menée en bateau à Miquelon sans faire naufrage répondant au doux nom de Betsy.
Le conseil du mois : évitez de prendre la mer au large de Miquelon avec une Betsy le jour de sa fête, le 17 novembre.
2001 : le prénom Betsy en France est aussi rare que les goélettes sur la côte de Miquelon au mois de novembre.
Analyse : fallait vraiment être con pour baptiser une goélette " Betsy ", surtout une goélette anglaise, et la faire naviguer au large de Miquelon, un mois de novembre.
Henri Lafitte, Chroniques insulaires 20 novembre 2001
Y’en a eu d’autres des Betsy...
September 5-6, 1797 : A sloop was lost at Currituck Inlet on the 5th during a storm. The sloop Betsy was returning from Cape Hatteras during the 6th. In sight of the Cape Henry lighthouse, she "was obliged to bare away in a gale of wind" (Chapman).
SURVIVAL AND GROWTH : LIFEBOAT SERVICES
In 1849 the loss of a Tyne lifeboat was national news. The disaster shocked the country and people expressed their grief by pledging support for lifeboats. Ironically it was not the Tyne Lifeboat Institution who benefited but the national body, the Society for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
The freak accident occurred during the December gales. The lifeboat Providence had been launched in heavy seas to assist the Betsy, which was aground on the Herd Sands. Just after her crew had skilfully laid her alongside the ship a wave ran between the two vessels and overturned the lifeboat. The crew of the Betsy pulled one lifeboatman to safety and could see another three on the upturned boat.
The crowds ashore rushed to launch the Tyne. After bringing the crew of the Betsy and the four lifeboatmen ashore, she joined the Northumberland in searching the wild waters for the Providence and her crew. When the two crews towed their sister lifeboat ashore the crowds waded into the water to runs her upright. She was completely empty. Twenty of her 24 man crew had drowned
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YA MEME UN LIEN L’epave d’un BETSY de 1771 AVEC LE TRESOR DE " BARBE NOIRE"...
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