Maritime record ORF 297 - Wreck of the Phoenix

1804 wreck of British cargo vessel which was lost on Sizewell Bank on her passage from Shields to London with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

`The PHOENIX, Rippon, from Shields to London, was lost 1st inst. near Orfordness. Crew saved.' (2)(3)

`On Sunday morning, the 1st instant, the ship PHOENIX, Captain Rippon, from this port, bound to London, was lost on Sizewell Bank, near Aldborough, and the crew, after being from 8 o'clock in the morning till 1 on the rigging, etc., were taken to Sizewell by boats from the shore.' (4)

`The PHOENIX, Rippon, from Shields for London, is lost near Orfordness.' (5)

NB: Source (1) attributes a cargo of coal to this vessel, not explicitly stated in sources (2)(3)(4) and (5). Coal was certainly the chief export from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but not the only possible cargo.

Master: Rippon (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A