`Deal 9. This afternoon it blew the most tremendous gale ever remembered at this place, from the SW to NW...The AMERICAN HERO, Lindsay, from Virginia to Amsterdam, has driven from her anchors in the Downs, and is on shore near Ramsgate, cargo landed.' (1)

Source (2) expresses 11-NOV-1800 as the actual rather than reporting date of loss.

Master: Lindsay (1); Linsley (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 4101 11-NOV-1800, 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.