The loss of the HMS Eurydice in 1878 is a story of tragedy, of mystery, and of enduring legend. Sailors still say the ship still haunts the waters around the Isle of Wight .
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.