`The WORCESTER, Craig, from London to Jamaica, is lost near Sandown Castle, in the Downs; Crew saved.' (1)

Vessel had departed Gravesend on the 19th; wind conditions at Deal on the 19th described as [N by W], `blows hard', and WSW on the 20th. (1) Source (2) expresses the date of loss as a reporting date of 21-NOV-1797 only.

Master: Craig

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 2971 21-NOV-1797, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<2> 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.

<3> Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks (Monograph). SKE6709.