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Group or institution

Offshore Sailors

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1856

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Offshore Sailors, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. 1856 Last Island hurricane

    1856

    Role: Victims

    1. 1856-08-10 · Last IslandLandfall on Last Island

      The hurricane made landfall on Last Island late on August 10, 1856, with winds of 150 mph, destroying all structures.

    2. 1856-08-10 · Last IslandCasualties and Survivors

      Of approximately 400 vacationers, 198 were presumed dead and 203 survived. At least 183 people drowned offshore.

    3. 1856-08-10 · Last IslandGeomorphological Fragmentation

      The 1856 hurricane split Last Island in two, after which it became known as the Isles Dernières. Later tropical storms further fragmented it into smaller islands.

Sources

  1. 1856 Last Island hurricane Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11