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Tiger Tamer | 2. sail, steam & stormy seas

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What was it like to sail the high seas in the Victorian age? In the second episode in our new series on Bob Carlisle, a widely forgotten but larger-than-life character of the 19th century, David Musgrove transports listeners back to the dangers and daring exploits of life in the Victorian Royal Navy. With the help of maritime historian Martin Wilcox, David explores Carlisle’s years spent as a sailor in the navy and the merchant fleet, including on opulent transatlantic liners – revealing what his experiences can tell us about shipping in the era. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.6

Someone that has sex.

0:24.6

Someone that has sex.

0:25.6

And remember, it's just between us.

0:32.6

It was a filthy night to be at sea.

0:34.6

They were taking such a pounding in the waves that neither Bob Carlisle nor the

0:38.3

rest of the crew of the cargo ship that Jane and Anne got any sleep. They could see the

0:44.2

lighthouse shining brightly on the coast. It was a terrible temptation to them. Though they sorely

0:49.8

wished they could get to dry land, they knew they had to keep the ship away from it.

0:55.0

The easterly wind was blowing so hard ashore that they would have been dashed to pieces

0:59.7

on the rocks if they'd tried to make landfall.

1:06.0

Dawn broke, and to general relief, the ship was still in one piece. The day was clear clear and they could see the nearest safe haven, Sunderland, on the north-east coast of England.

1:16.6

But the waves were still wild and the wind still howling.

1:19.6

They still could not risk a run for shore.

1:22.6

The crew did their best to keep the Jain and Anne away from the coast all morning.

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