When the men of the Essex came on shore in Nantucket they might have been expected to abandon the sea forever. Their voyage in small boats had been a terrible one after their ship was sank by a whale. In the end they had been reduced to cannibalism. Captain Pollard and two of the men who had also survived the Essex almost immediately were on board another whaling ship though, and headed back out to sea. Perhaps this was them looking for comfort in familiarity. What they were to find though was yet another ship wreck.
Ship: The Two Brothers
Tonnage: 220 Tons
Type: Nantucket Whaler
Sank: French Frigate Sholes, Hawaii
Year Sank: 1823
Sources:
https://essex.nha.org/the-aftermath/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/
https://issuu.com/novationmedia/docs/historicnantucketfall10
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/science/11shipwreck.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/noaa-made-sequel-heart-sea-180957532/
https://www.americanheritage.com/two-brothers-whaler-discovered
https://nantuckettodayonline.com/archives/the-wreck-of-the-two-brothers/
