Maritime record TR 36 SE 905 - Wreck

`The HOPEWELL, Turner...and a brigantine collier, were drove on shore on Sandwich Flats, on Friday morning last, but it is hoped will be got off.' (1)

The HOPEWELL, but not the brigantine, was reported a week later as having been got off. The FRIENDSHIP and the NONPAREIL were reported lost in the same issue of LL. on Sandwich Flats.

Source (2) expresses the date of loss as the reporting date of 06-DEC-1768.

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.