{"id":1173,"date":"2021-03-26T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:03:15","slug":"ss-valencia-a-theatre-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/ss-valencia-a-theatre-of-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"SS Valencia: A Theatre of Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-1024x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1175\" width=\"674\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-1536x569.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MMBC_Valencia_Facebook_header_web-scaled-1-2048x759.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The shipwreck of the SS\u00a0<em>Valencia<\/em>\u00a0is well known as one of the worst maritime disasters in an area along Vancouver Island\u2019s west side known as \u201cThe Graveyard of the Pacific\u201d. Its tale lives on in Victoria through ghost stories and it has even captured the attention of an international audience. But what actually played out during this dramatic sinking? How did this \u201ctheatre of horror\u201d drag on for 40 hours? What are the human stories behind the infamous scene of the shipwreck?<br>This exhibit tells the story of the SS\u00a0<em>Valencia<\/em>\u00a0and considers what conditions led to such a horrific ending. By meeting a cast of characters thrown together by fate, visitors will hear the human stories behind the tragedy and consider what effect trauma had on the events. Visitors will also get to see objects recovered from the\u00a0<em>Valencia<\/em>\u00a0wreck including some of mysterious circumstances.\u00a0<em>Valencia\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0story is enrapturing and will continue to live on in the lore of BC\u2019s maritime history. Visit the Maritime Museum of BC today to learn more about this infamous shipwreck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exhibit Dates:<\/strong>\u00a012 March \u2013 2 September 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: The Maritime Museum of BC634 Humboldt Street Victoria, BC V8W 1A6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/mmbc.bc.ca\/valencia\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mmbc.bc.ca\/valencia\">https:\/\/mmbc.bc.ca\/valencia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibit Dates:\u00a012 March \u2013 2 September 2021 Location: The Maritime Museum of BC634 Humboldt Street Victoria, BC V8W 1A6 Link : https:\/\/mmbc.bc.ca\/valencia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalscot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}