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What was the old sailing ship where the captain and pilot famously disagreed on a navigation decision and the ship soon sank?
There are many stories like this. Probably the most famous (but not coinciding with the one you are recalling) is
the disaster on October 22 1707, when the British fleet
of 21 ships under Admiral ...
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