Diana Fountain
No not that Diana - let Wikipedia explain the fate of a ship by that name
In 1866, while on a whaling expedition in Baffin Bay Diana became frozen in the ice, where it was trapped for over six months. The ship's captain, 64-year-old[ John Gravill, and many of the crew died. The diary of the ship's doctor, Charles Edward Smith, was published in the book From the Deep of the Sea. There is a memorial fountain to Diana's return from the ice in the town of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands as many of the crew originated from the islands and all the deceased except the captain were buried there. Charles Smith's services and heroism were recognised by the award of a set of surgical instruments from the Board of Trade. Captain Gravill's body was taken back to Hull, and his funeral was attended by an estimated fifteen thousand people.
In 1869, while making her way back from the Davis Stait Diana encountered a strong gale, and was washed into the Donna Nook sands, on the Lincolnshire coast, and broke up. Diana was the last whaling ship from the port of Hull. Her loss ended the whaling industry of the city.
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