Ship Wrecked While Sailing To Bermuda Found
Mexican marine archaeologists have recently discovered the wreck of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company’s paddle-steamer “Forth” which sank while en route to Bermuda in 1849.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 which began carrying mail to Bermuda and the West Indies under a contract from the UK government beginning in 1842.
The “Forth” sank off the Yucatan Peninsula 164 years ago, the National Anthropology and History Institute [INRAH] said in a statement.
The ship went down after hitting the Alacranes reef on the night of Jan. 14, 1849 while sailing to Bermuda.
An INAH team led by archaeologist Helena Barba Meinecke explored the northern section of the reef and spotted metal items on the sea floor that gave researchers clues that it was a mail ship.
March, 1849 “Illustrated London News” account of the wreck of the “Forth”
