The Truth behind the Lady Luvibund
In 1748 the Lady Lovibond (spelling varies) a three-masted schooner ran a ground at Goodwin Sands on the Kent coast with a wedding party aboard. Every fifty years on the anniversary of the tragedy, the Lady Lovibund reappears often causing other ships to run a ground! Or that’s what the paranormal press would want you...
The Mystery of the Lady Luvibund
When the sea mist hangs over Goodwin Sands, as it did yesterday, the mind soon starts to play strange tricks.A swirling bank of fog becomes a vessel of doom and the harsh call of a seagull is surely the cry of a drowning sailor. “It’s an eerie feeling,” said Dave Chamberlain, 53, skipper of the...
The Wreck of the Lady Luvibond
The wreck of the Lady Luvibond is another persistent Goodwin Sand’s ghost story. During the evening of February 13th, 1748, the schooner Lady Luvibond, loaded with a general cargo for Oporto, and under the command of Captain Simon Reed, sailed down the Thames to safely clear the North Foreland. Captain Reed was particularly happy on...
The Ghost Ship of Porthcurno
Porthcurno Cove is situated a little to the west of the Logan Stone. There, as in nearly all the coves around the -coast, once existed a small chapel or oratory, which appears to have been dedicated to St Leven. There exists now a little square enclosure about the size of a sheep’s house, which is...
