On this day, November 20, 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_20

• 1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this incident.)

[LT Barclay]

1. And the ship deserved it

If I remember correctly they were following the common practice of the time and harpooning calves to be able to get the mother and other adults who came to help.
A huge male got angry and sank the ship. The description in the book “The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” is awe inspiring.

[LT Barclay]

2. And the ship deserved it

If I remember correctly they were following the common practice of the time and harpooning calves to be able to get the mother and other adults who came to help.
A huge male got angry and sank the ship. The description in the book “The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” is awe inspiring.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Love it!