SS London (1864)
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SS London was a British steamship that sank in the Bay of Biscay on 11 January 1866. The ship was travelling from Gravesend, England to Melbourne, Australia, when she began taking in water on 10 Janua
London under way
1866 pamphlet describing the disaster
Memorial to Arthur Corfe Angel in Exeter Cathedral
"Rock of Ages" is a popular Christian hymn written by the Reformed Anglican minister Augustus Toplady.
SS London (1864)
…waters". The London took with her two hundred and forty-four people. It was reported that the last thing heard from the doomed ship was the hymn "Rock of Ages". The nineteen people who got away in her cutter were the only ones saved. They were picked up next day by the barque Marianople and landed at Falmouth…
The Rock of Ages, Burrington Combe where Rev. Augustus Toplady is reputed to have sheltered from a storm