'Canterbury, March 24. On Wednesday morning a large Dutch ship laden with fruit and wine, was drove on shore near Dungeness and bulged; the crew came ashore at Lydd; and the cargo it is thought will be saved.' (1)

'Canterbury, March 27...This unfortune (sic) of losing the ship was owing to weather and very heavy squalls of snow, they lost sight of the lights; and about 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, she struck the sands, and immediately bulged; the captain and crew got safe on shore as soon as they could see daylight; and in about an hour after the ship broke to pieces, and, with the cargo, drove away to sea.' (2)

Original Dutch text:

'Den 21sten Maart is by Leith op de Engelsche Kust gebleven het Schip de MARIA GALEY, gevoerd door Capitein Christiaan Lourens van Mallaga, en laatst aft West Cowes naar Hamburg; het Volk is geborgen, maar het Schip en Lading meest weg.' (3)

Translated by compiler:

'The 21st March came on shore near Leith [sic] on the English coast the ship MARIA GALEY [sic], commanded by Captain Christiaan Lourens, from Malaga, last from West Cowes, to Hamburg; the people are saved, but the ship and cargo are lost.' (3)

NB: The master's name, number of crew, departure, destination, and cargo, were incorporated by the original compiler who input (1) and (2), so must have been derived from (1) or (2), or both, but are not included in either text; however, the master's name is, in a variant spelling, corroborated by (3), as are the departure and destination. (4)

Master: Christian Larance (1) or (2); Christiaan Lourens (3)
Crew: 18 (1) or (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Kentish Gazette, 20-MAR-1770 to 24-MAR-1770, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6364.

<2> Kentish Gazette, 24-MAR-1770 to 27-MAR-1770, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6364.