or false?
from a post on The Scuttlefish, The Legend
of Hugh Williams
On
December 5, 1664, a ship sunk in the Menai Strait, a stretch of water with
tremendous tidal swings off the coast of Wales. All 81 passengers died, except
one. His name was Hugh Williams.
On December 5, 1785, another ship sunk in the
Menai Strait, with again everyone aboard dying except for one man…named Hugh
Williams.
And then
again, on December 5, 1820, yet another ship sunk in the Menai Strait. Only one
man survived, and he was named Hugh Williams,
Another
source actually references two other British shipwrecks with the lone survivors
bearing the name Hugh Williams, except they weren’t on December 5. In one of
those wrecks, there were actually two survivors, an uncle and nephew, and both
were named Hugh Williams. And so despite having two survivors, you could still
technically say of the wreck 'the only man to survive was named Hugh
Williams'
for the full story have a look here at The Scuttlefish link.
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