Maritime record TR 36 SE 897 - Postbrook

`...the POSTBROOK, St. Barbe, from South Carolina...drove ashore near Ramsgate.' (1)

'The POSTBROOKE, St. Barbe, from Carolina, last from Cowes, for London, is ashore off Ramsgate, but part of the cargo will be saved.' (3)

NB: Source (2) gives the date of loss as the reporting date of 04-DEC-1747; however, the mention of a storm in the Downs on 01-DEC-1747, heads a list of the casualties in the Kent area in source (1), so this would appear to be a plausible candidate for the date of loss.

Source (2) is based on source (1) and therefore follows that spelling of the vessel's name.

Master: St Barbe (1)(2)(3)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (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> 1770, Felix Farley's Bristol Journal (Miscellaneous Material). SKE56007.