Maritime record TR 36 SE 901 - Nossa Senhora De Conceicao St Antonio E Almas

`The N S DE CONCEICAO ST ANTONIO E ALMAS, Almeida, from Amsterdam to Lisbon, was totally lost on Wednesday last near Sandwich; the mate and three men drowned.' (1)

Wind conditions at Deal NE on the 31st. (3)

Source (2) attributes Spanish nationality to the vessel, although the form of the name, the master's name and the destination would indicate Portuguese nationality; the vessel's name as interpreted in source (2), NOSTRA SENORA CONCEICAO ST, is neither given in full nor grammatically correct Spanish. Elsewhere in LL. different vessels with similar names are spelt N. S. DA CONCEICAO [see issue 11.2.1780].

Master: Almeida
Crew Lost: 4

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

<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> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.