Juga

Photo Credit: Justin Uzzell

Look into the crashing waves just offshore of the southeast side of Grand Cayman to see the anchor-fluke of Juga. The Norwegian ship wrecked in 1888 at Old Isaacs, a location first noted on George Gauld’s 1773 Admiralty Chart. East End wreckers were aboard Juga barely five minutes after she foundered. First, they helped the ship’s crew. Next, they negotiated the salvage rights with the captain. A sensational account published in a European newspaper unjustly referred to the wreckers as “savages” who took advantage of the predicament of the captain and crew. An official naval inquiry, later published in the Jamaica Gazette, revealed the truth.

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