Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cray, Robert E.

Titel

Remembering Richard Somers: Naval Martyrdom in the Tripolitan War

Ist Teil von

• The Historian (Kingston), 2006-06, Vol.68 (2), p.267-284

Ort / Verlag

Malden, USA: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cray discusses the mysterious explosion that killed ten sailors and three naval officers in Tripoli Harbor in 1804. The explosive-laden ketch Intrepid, commanded by Master Commandant Richard Somers, was dispatched to destroy the Tripolitan fleet, but exploded before reaching its goal. Although there is no evidence to support the claim, Somers and his crew were deemed to have destroyed themselves rather than be captured, and are celebrated as martyrs.