to meet the girl who saved her family's ship. Bessie never forgot the sea and on her 80th birthday, she amazed a visiting Royal Navy officer with her detailed knowledge of the lighthouses, headlands and shoals of the English Channel. Hall died on June 30, 1930. She is buried in the Stoney Beach Cemetery near her childhood home and the site of the old Hall family shipyard. References External links Ryan Scranton, “The Seafaring Maiden of Granville”, Annapolis Royal Heritage A Seafaring Maiden Bed and Breakfast, Granville Ferry: Heritage Home and Former Residence of Bessie Hall's father, Capt. Joseph Hall. 1849 births 1935 deaths Canadian sailors People from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia