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TsukuBlog | Remembering the 1886 Sinking of the Normanton (ノルマントン号事件)- in which the British Captain and European Crew Abandoned Ship, Leaving all Asian (including all 25 Japanese) Passengers to Drown

TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Remembering the 1886 Sinking of the Normanton (ノルマントン号事件)- in which the British Captain and European Crew Abandoned Ship, Leaving all Asian (including all 25 Japanese) Passengers to Drown 10 December, 2020   Stone Monument in Wakayama Prefecture to the 25 Japanese who drowned when the British ship the Normanton went down. The incident caused widespread outrage in Japan. Not only did the British captain and his crew abandon ship leaving the Japanese passengers to their fate, but at a hearing held at the British Consulate in Kobe, they were all found innocent of any negligence (they claimed the Japanese understood no English!). The public outcry was such that the British agreed to a retrial at their consulate in Yokohama where the captain was given a three-month sentence.  No compensation of any sort was ever offered the bereaved families. Now nearly  forgotten, the Normanton Incident

TsukuBlog | Remembering the 1886 Sinking of the Normanton (ノルマントン号事件)- in which the British Captain and European Crew Abandoned Ship, Leaving all Asian (including all 25 Japanese) Passengers to Drown

TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Remembering the 1886 Sinking of the Normanton (ノルマントン号事件)- in which the British Captain and European Crew Abandoned Ship, Leaving all Asian (including all 25 Japanese) Passengers to Drown 10 December, 2020   Stone Monument in Wakayama Prefecture to the 25 Japanese who drowned when the British ship the Normanton went down. The incident caused widespread outrage in Japan. Not only did the British captain and his crew abandon ship leaving the Japanese passengers to their fate, but at a hearing held at the British Consulate in Kobe, they were all found innocent of any negligence (they claimed the Japanese understood no English!). The public outcry was such that the British agreed to a retrial at their consulate in Yokohama where the captain was given a three-month sentence.  No compensation of any sort was ever offered the bereaved families. Now nearly  forgotten, the Normanton Incident

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