Maritime record KSS 145 - Wreck of the Flora

1810 wreck of English brig which foundered after grounding on the Barnard Sand on her passage from Sunderland with coal; a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

`The FLORA, of Weymouth, laden with coals, sunk near Southwold 16th instant. Crew and part of materials saved.' (1)

`Ipswich, Saturday 20 Oct: On Wednesday last, the brig FLORA, belonging to Weymouth, laden with coals, was lost on the Burnett Sand, near Southwold; the crew were saved.' (2)

Source (2) indicates a date of loss of 17-OCT-1810.

`The FLORA, of Sunderland, coal loaden, was lost off East Ness, and the NORWICH...off Yarmouth, about the same time. Crews saved.' (3)

[NB: The vessel may have been "from" Sunderland in source (3), consistent with her cargo of coals, rather than "of" Sunderland, in the light of sources (1) and (2); unless the registration details given in those sources were incorrect.]

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
SC.20.10.1810