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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 44 NW 36 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Britannia |
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Summary
East Indiaman lost on the Goodwin Sands during a gale, 1809
Monument Types
- WRECK (Post Medieval - 1809 AD to 1809 AD)
Full description
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Buoyage: CINC Blown on to Goodwin Sands during a gale, while sheltering in the downs. 20-MAR-1985 Reported to have been located by R Larn. 12-FEB-1991 Not found in listed position.
Master: Birch Crew Lost: 7 Date of Loss: A Owner: English East India Co. (2) Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index TT 25.01.1809 (A) (2)
Master: Birch, seven crew lost Bound for Madras and China. (3)
" The Britannia and the Admiral Gardner Indiamen, and the Apollo, bound to Curacoa, which were on shore on the Goodwin, have gone to pieces" (4)
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> United Kingdom shipwreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
<2> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.
<3> 1809, Lloyd's List, No 4322 27-01-1809 (Index). SKE6698.
<4> 1809, Lloyd's List, No 4324 03-02-1809 (Index). SKE6698.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Lloyd's. 1969. Lloyd's list 1741-1945. |
| <3> | Index: 1809. Lloyd's List. No 4322 27-01-1809. |
| <4> | Index: 1809. Lloyd's List. No 4324 03-02-1809. |
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