Oct 06 2024 119 mins 39
This week we have wrangled a real live Canadian to discuss the October 1804 sinking of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Speedy and the impact of her loss on the province of Upper Canada.
**one of our upcoming bonus episodes will look at the search for the Speedy's wrecksite**
Sources:
Baillod, Brendon. “The Enduring Mystery of the HMS Speedy.” Shipwreck World, 3 December 2019. https://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/the-enduring-mystery-of-the-hms-speedy-1.
Bojarzin, David. “HMS Speedy: Murder and a Mystery.” Friends of Presqu’ile Park.
Buchanan, Dan. The Wreck of HMS Speedy. Milner & Associates, 2020.
Climo, Percy L. “The mysterious sinking of The Speedy.” Saturday Morning Post, 9 June 1990.
Girard, Philip. "Rearguard or Vanguard? A New Look at Canada's Constitutional Act of 1791." The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 50, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1-24.
Lee-Shanok, Philip. “Search is on for HMS Speedy - the ship that changed history.” CBC News, 2 Nov 2018.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/constitutional-act-1791
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