I think you would .. she survived, her intrinsic hull and a good ship s master got the crew through to port. that is a lesson that this modern world needs to take.
Dead is not the problem, facing destructive odds of any description is the problem; the pain and suffering between the acceptance and the event, that is the hairy part. If only there was a big switch. I think my big one is fire. But the soul struggles on against the odds, and a sound crew working together can pull through - it also depends of course on the elements of nature and just how strong she can be. All the stories that I have come across have that underlying fact that we do not give up, whatever the odds, it is in our nature, I suppose, when the chips are down.
It appears from records there were two Norwegian Barques named Polykarp; the harbour shown is shortly after the 1881 improvements. Both barques lasted beyond 1900. Polykarp of Grimstad had saved two lives and landed them at Porthleven 29th December 1900. The Grimstad Polykarp had been inspected at New York in August of 1882 and April 1899 Cardiff. The Krageroe Polykarp inspected in Boston May 1875 and July 1886 London. The two ships differed in size and displacement, considerably. I think this is the smaller Polykarp registered Krageroe 122 x 27 x 16 feet; 392 tons; Built May 1870 at Porsgrund, Norway; Barque; owned T Eilertsen. Signal letters HRBT. She has taken a considerable beating in a storm to bowsprit and masts. I would suggest 1881.
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