Brunswick Rock is a 19th-century name for an obstruction in the Pearl River a little above the First Bar. It received its name after the East Indiaman Brunswick grounded there in 1798. Later other vessels, such as Alfred and Princess Amelia also grounded there. [1] All were refloated. Then in September 1815 the country ship Windham was wrecked on the Brunswick Rock; her crew were rescued. At the time she was on a voyage from Bengal, India to China. [2]
During the First Opium War, the British Royal Navy defeated the Qing dynasty Imperial Chinese Navy in the Battle of First Bar in the vicinity.
Brunswick Rock is a 19th-century name for an obstruction in the Pearl River a little above the First Bar. It received its name after the East Indiaman Brunswick grounded there in 1798. Later other vessels, such as Alfred and Princess Amelia also grounded there. [1] All were refloated. Then in September 1815 the country ship Windham was wrecked on the Brunswick Rock; her crew were rescued. At the time she was on a voyage from Bengal, India to China. [2]
During the First Opium War, the British Royal Navy defeated the Qing dynasty Imperial Chinese Navy in the Battle of First Bar in the vicinity.