Maritime record LWT 823 - Wreck of a brig

1771 wreck of English cargo vessel which foundered off Lowestoft during a violent storm. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

'London, October 29...By a letter from Capt. Thomas Anderson, of the BENJAMIN, belonging to Newcastle, we are informed, that in his passage from thence to London he met with the most violent storms of wind he ever knew in his time. That on Sunday the 13th inst. he saw a vessel lost, and all hands perished, supposed to belong to Lynn...' (1)

This vessel may be identifiable with one known to have been wrecked upon the Holm Sand [q.v.], although, in the light of the information in source (2), it could also represent a separate loss:

'London, Oct. 17. A letter from Yarmouth, dated the 13th instant, says, that great damage is done by the high winds to the shipping in Yarmouth Roads; that two or three ships have been lost...the letter also adds that large pieces of wrecks are thrown upon the shore every tide, and that a number of poor people are night and day watching for the goods that are brought on shore.' (2)

Crew Lost: all (1)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss