Maritime record SWD 139 - Wreck of a collier

1772 wreck of English collier which stranded at Easton while in ballast; a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

'Yarmouth, Jan.22: On Thursday morning last, in a hard gale of wind, the following ships were lost, or stranded, on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk...A light collier, belonging to Whitby, lost at Easton by Southwold. People saved.' (1)

'Extract of a letter from Yarmouth, Jan. 25. "On Thursday last in a hard gale of wind at SE, the following ships...were lost or stranded...A light collier, belonging to Whitby, lost at Easton, by Southwold. The people saved." ' (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss