Maritime record COV 183 - Wreck of the Mould

1791 wreck of British craft which stranded 3 miles north of Southwold, after an earlier grounding in a gale. En route from Kingston-upon-Hull to London, she was a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

`The MOULD, Mason, from Hull to London, is on shore near Southwold, and it is feared will be lost.' (1)

`Newcastle, March 12, 1791...The MOULD, Captain Mason, which sailed from Hull for London, on Thursday the 24th ult., met with a heavy gale of wind the next day, and had got two anchors ahead; but blowing hard and heavy sea on, she was obliged to cut and run for Yarmouth roads; having only one anchor left, could not bring up; it was then thought proper to run for Harwich, but on a sudden she struck; she then got off again by carrying a press of sail, but struck a second time about 6 o'clock on Saturday night, near three miles north of Southwould on the Suffolk coast; the crew ascended the shrouds where they continued till 5 next morning, and those who survived were dragged ashore by a rope round their waists; two of the men and a cabin boy perished, and a child of one of the passengers, not two years oldd, died soon after being got ashore. The clergymen and inhabitants of Southwould, paid great attention to the unfortunate sufferers.' (2)

Master: Mason (1)(2)
Crew Lost: 3 (2)
Passengers: at least 2 (2)
Passengers Lost: 1 (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A