`...parted from her anchors in a gale and drove ashore between the two pier heads.' Master: Bowman Date of Loss Qualifier: A

`The POLLY, Bowman, from Virginia for London, parted from her anchors in the Downs the 5th instant and in a hard gale of wind drove ashore between the two new pier heads at Ramsgate.' (2)

The wind at Deal was SW on 05-AUG. (4)

Source (3) gives an incorrect date of loss of 05-JUN-1753.

Master: Bowman

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 1846 10-AUG-1753(R), Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<3> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<4> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.