Ms. Carroll's Class: The Tayleur

We have been learning about the ship the Tayleur.

It set sail from Liverpool on 19 January 1854 on its maiden voyage to go to Melbourne, Australia

and crashed into Lambay Island, 21 January 1854. It was the biggest and fastest iron chipper ship at that time. It was very comfortable and the owners thought it would never sink. It was chartered by the White Star Line. We hope you enjoy our stories and picture boards of the Tayleur.

The Tayleur

In 1853 the Tayleur was built. It was made from iron and was the fastest iron clipper in the world. It was travelling to Australia and had 652 people on board. It was passing Ireland and headed to Lambay. It dropped both anchors but the chain snapped like string. They tried to turn but crashed into the nose of Lambay.

Out of 100 women 3 were saved. Out of 50 children 3 reached shore. Out of 502 men 284 survived. 290 people were saved and brought to safety.

By Emma.

The Tayleur

The Tayleur was a ship that was made in Liverpool and tried to sail to Melbourne in Australia. But on a stormy day it crashed into Lambay rocks because Captain Noble's compass wasn't working. So then Captain Noble tried to get all of the passengers off the boat.

By Owen

The Tayleur

A long time ago there was a shipwreck called the Tayleur. The Tayleur was going to Melbourne but it crashed into Lambay. The ship was made out of iron and the compass wasn't working.

The men and women that lived on Lambay came and helped get people off of the boat. A doctor was trying to save his wife and daughter but he drowned.

Three days later people came to the rescue. A man who didn't die went on another ship and that one got wrecked and he went on another boat and finally got to Australia.

By Katie

The Tayleur

The Tayleur was a ship in the olden days. On the way to Australia they crashed into Lambay. They were supposed to go from Liverpool to Australia to get jobs in Melbourne. They did not reach there because they crashed.

When Captain Noble was using the compass it went crazy because the ship was made out of iron and it was magnetic. Captain Noble tried to steer the wheel. He could not steer the wheel because of the storm. There were a few sailors on deck trying to help the captain. Out of 579 people there were only 289 survivors. Captain Noble was in charge of the rescue operation.

You can go to the museum to see the parts of the ship wreck of the Tayleur.

By Stephanie

The Tayleur

On the 19th of January 1854 the Tayleur set sail from Liverpool to go to Melbourne, Australia. The Tayleur headed into a storm and crashed into Lambay Island.

One reason they crashed was the captain was checking the ship when he hurt his back and could not steer the ship right. Another reason they crashed was because the ship was magnetic and made the compass go mad.

The ship had three masts and 579 passengers. All the passengers were on the same deck and it was very hard to breath. Out of the 100 women on board only 3 of them were survivors and out of all the sailors 10 of them did not speak English.

Two men held onto the mast and rescue boats came to save them. On the 19th July 1959 divers found the wreck of the Tayleur.

By Nicole