At 4 a.m. the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the masts, spars, and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up on the port bow, where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her, as did the quarterdeck midshipman, who was sent forward at once to the forecastle; but on arriving there was no vestige nor any sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her … At 10.45 a.m. the ordinary seaman who had this morning reported the Flying Dutchman fell from the foretopmast crosstrees on to the topgallant forecastle and was smashed to atoms.The Cruise of Her Majesty’s Ship „Bacchante“, 1879-1882. Compiled from the private journals, letters and note-books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, with additions by J. N. Dalton. London 1886, Bd. 1, S. 551, Digitalisathttp://vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D%7B%7B%7B1%7D%7D%7D~GB%3D~IA%3Dcruisehermajest01georgoog~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn597~doppelseitig%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D
At 4 a.m. the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the masts, spars, and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up on the port bow, where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her, as did the quarterdeck midshipman, who was sent forward at once to the forecastle; but on arriving there was no vestige nor any sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her … At 10.45 a.m. the ordinary seaman who had this morning reported the Flying Dutchman fell from the foretopmast crosstrees on to the topgallant forecastle and was smashed to atoms.The Cruise of Her Majesty’s Ship „Bacchante“, 1879-1882. Compiled from the private journals, letters and note-books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, with additions by J. N. Dalton. London 1886, Bd. 1, S. 551, Digitalisathttp://vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D%7B%7B%7B1%7D%7D%7D~GB%3D~IA%3Dcruisehermajest01georgoog~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn597~doppelseitig%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D
„die Geschichte vom Fliegenden Holländer, den man im Sturm mit aufgespannten Segeln vorbeifahren sieht und der zuweilen ein Boot aussetzt, um den begegnenden Schiffern allerlei Briefe mitzugeben, die man nachher nicht zu besorgen weiß, da sie an längst verstorbene Personen adressiert sind.“ Die Nordsee. 3. Abteilung. In: Reisebilder. Zweiter Teil. 1827. Siehe Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe. Band 3. 2. Auflage. Berlin/Weimar 1972, S. 100, zeno.org.
Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe. Band 4. 2. Auflage. Berlin/Weimar 1972, S. 79, zeno.org
Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden. Band 4. 2. Auflage. Berlin/Weimar 1972, S. 83, zeno.org