The Wreck of the Adolphe

Author: KENNETH R. DUTTON
Explorations No 38 (Jun 2005): 3-28
https://doi.org/10.62586/HRZZ1228

This article recounts the shipwreck in Newcastle Harbour of the Adolphe, that occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century, and its aftermath. Beyond the intrinsic interest of the event itself, the paper analyses the nature of the interaction between, on the one hand, the French group, victims of a regrettable accident brought about by a sudden change in the weather, and, on the other, the Newcastle community and the local authorities. The shipwreck of the Adolphe sheds new light on the dynamics of the relationship between the two nationalities, in this instance the “saved” and the “savers”.

Keywords: Adolphe, Newcastle Harbour shipwreck, Dennis Ruddell