Sunk By A Whale

In 1820 there was a whaling ship called Essex. They were traveling to the Pacific Ocean because Captain Ahab was trying to hunt for Moby Dick.

Moby Dick was 32 meters long, He bumped his head twice on the side of the ship and water started to fill the boat and it sunk. Only 20 people survived on three little life boats.

The crew was really hungry so they killed the youngest member on the ship and it was Owen Coffin. They killed him because they had no water and food to eat for 3 months. Then a ship came past them they saved the survivors.