Captain and 14 men drowned. (1) "Wreck took place at 1am, twelve men and a boy were found alive on floating wreckage carried to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Another man was saved, lashed to a hen coop. The captain and pilot were both reported to be drunk. NB there are two spellings quoted for the masters name, Allardice and Holadice. In a letter dated 13-NOV-1793 from John Iggulden, a shipping agent in Deal, wrote to Messrs. Cobb and Co., bankers and agents at Margate, informing them: `Nothing of any consequence has been brought on shore at this place from the ship MADONA. Some of the rigging and a few articles of that kind are to be sure being landed, but so trifling is it that I do not deem it worth the trouble of claiming."(2) Master: ALLARDICE (1) Crew: 26 (2) Passengers: 5 (2) Date of Loss: A Additional sources cited in the Larn Index: TT.15.11.1793 p3(R); GSS. Larn. R. 1977 p65.

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 2559 12-NOV-1793, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<2> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.