Maritime record TR 45 SW 131 - Earl of Holderness

'Deal, 11 Jan. The EARL OF HOLDERNESS, Brook, for India, after being ashore last night on the Brake, and bulged, was this morning obliged, in order to save their lives, to run her ashore on the main[land], about three miles from from hence; all the officers and people are saved, but it is feared the ship will be lost.' (1)

Source (2) gives the date of loss as 10-JAN-1764, the day of the original grounding.

1764, EARL OF HOLDERNESS lost on Sandwich Flats. (3)

EARL OF HOLDERNESS, 657-ton register ship, in service 1754-1764, having made 4 voyages for the East India Company. (4)

Lost on Sandwich Flats, 1764. (5)

'At Garraway's Coffee-House in Exchange-Alley, Cornhill, on Friday next, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon,

'The following goods, viz., for Home Consumption:

8 chests Ribidavia Wine
1 - Mountain
1 - Red Port
2 Casks Lisbon
1 Half Chest Madeira
1 Chest Old Hock
6 - French Claret
3 Casks Vidonia White Wine
26 Pieces Canvas &c.
Sundry Saddles, Bridles, Curry-Combs &c.
Sundry Thread and Silk Hose Breeches-Pieces &c.
6 doz. Hats
12 Hand Bells
6 Setts Cruets, Silver mounted
94 Groce [gross] spotted Horn Spring Knives
16 doz. Knives and Forks
106 Pieces of Lead, with milled Lead and Shot
12 Muskets

FOR EXPORTATION

10 Casks Brandy
1 Puncheon Rum

'Being part of the cargo of the EARL OF HOLDERNESS, Capt. Robert Brooke, bound to the East Indies, stranded near Sandwich.

'All the aforesaid Goods to be seen from To-morrow Morning to the Time of Sale, at But olph [sic] Wharf, except the Lead, which is to be seen at Mess. Freeman and Co.'s Horsley Down ; where catalogues may be had, at the Place of Sale, and of BENJAMIN VAUGHAN and Son, Brokers.' (6)

Built: 1754? (4)
Master: Brook (1)(2); Robert Brooke (6)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945, 2922 13-JAN-1764, 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> Mariners Mirror 38 1952 322 (HP Mead) (OS Card Reference). SKE46553.

<4-5> Peter Higginbotham, 2000, The Workhouse (Website). SKE56079.