'The THETIS, Dring, from Hull to Lisbon, is on shore near Sandown Castle, Downs, and bilged. Part of the cargo is expected to be saved.' (1)

'Hull, Feb. 18. Captain Dring has got on shore at Deal from the THETIS, 133 bales of woollen-drapery, 60 hogsheads of earthen-ware, and greatest part of the wheat, which is nearly the whole of the cargo.' (4)

NB: The entry for this vessel in the draft version of the Shipwreck Index of the British Isles (3) appeared under Sandown, Isle of Wight; hence the Isle of Wight Maritime SMR number. There is no Sandown Castle on the Isle of Wight, and the vessel is correctly indexed under Kent Downs (BE), in (2).

Master: Dring (1)(2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Reporting date of loss

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 3054 05-FEB-1799, 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.