Waterford,
Dec. 14th. The vessel from Bristol, which was ashore at Tramore, was
got off, yesterday morning, without any damage.[1]
Chart of Tramore Bay
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Two Unknown Foreign Ships, September 1783
Extract
of a letter from Waterford September 9th 1783;
About
4 o’clock on Saturday evening during a severe gale of wind, a large vessel, square
rigged, was observed near three leagues from Tramore, in very great distress.
Several guns were heard during the night and in the morning there was no
tidings. She seemed to be a foreigner, had white sides and the sea ran so very
high that there was no possibility of affording her assistance.
This
sighting is possibly connected to reports from Waterford, later in the same
month:
Last
Sunday a sloop from Flushing, for this port, laden with iron and staves, was,
in a hard gale of wind, wrecked off Ballymacaw, and four of the crew drowned.
The captain, two men and a boy, were providentially saved. Mr Michael Farrell
immediately brought the survivors to his home, (in that village) and treated
them with the politeness, humanity, and hospitality, which characterise this
kingdom.
Monday
the sails and rigging of another vessel were seen floating off Rathwhelan, and
the bodies of four men, supposed to have belonged to her, found among the
rocks. It is thought she came from some port in France, as several casks of
wine and brandy, French gloves, almonds, and cotton, were drove ashore at
Craden-head, Messrs Rogers and Lymbery, coast officers, on hearing of the
wreck, instantly went to protect the property.
It
is interesting to note that John Rogers remit extended as far as Rathwhelan. It
is noteworthy that he and the coast officer, John Lymbery were brothers in law.
John had married Lymbery’s sister Jane, ‘daughter of Gregory Lymbery of
Ballinlough and Elizabeth Stephens on Friday 6 February 1777’.
Vrow Christiania, 27 November 1782
The
Vrow Christiania, Master A Shea, was
a three masted, square rigged ship of 370 tons burden, Dutch built 1770, and a draught
of water of 14 ft. when loaded. She was part rebuilt in 1782, held E1 classification and
was described as a constant trader between Dartmouth and the West Indies.[1]
Waterford,
Nov. 29. Last Wednesday, the Vrow Christiania, (a large vessel) Andrew Shea
master, a Dutch ship based in Liverpool, with provisions from Cork for the West
Indies was drove on shore at Tramore Bay, and is gone to pieces. The crew and a
small part of her cargo were saved.[2]
Patty, April 1782
The
Patty, Master T Scriven, was a single
decked brig, 50 tons burden, British built in 1764, with a draught of water of 10
ft. when loaded. She was owned by R N Tory, classified as E1 and was last
described as a constant trader between Cork and Newfoundland.[1]
The
Patty was lost in a gale of wind in Tramore Bay, on a voyage from Cork to
Newfoundland, master Scriven.[2]
Resolution, 3 July 1781
The
Resolution, Master M Cragg, a sloop
of 60 tons burden, with a draught of water of 10 ft. when loaded. Built in
Minehead in 1764, she was owned by Devonshire, classified as A1 and was last
described as a constant trader between Wales and Cork.[1]
Waterford, 4
July yesterday, about ten o’clock in the forenoon, the sloop Resolution, of
Minehead, Mathew Craig, master, with coal, bound from Swansea to
Cork, was drove ashore at Rathwhelan cove, near Ballymacaw, in a violent gale.[2]
Maria Theresa, 15 January 1780
‘Last
Saturday night a Dutch vessel laden with flax feed, bound to Dublin was drove
on shore on Tramore Bay. The cargo will be saved but the master, mate and 4 of
the crew unfortunately perished.’[1]
To
be sold by public auction, at Tramore Strand, near Waterford, on Thursday and
Friday the 27th and 28th January instant, for Account of
the Insurers, viz. the Brig Maria Theresa, with her main and foremasts, stays,
shroud, boltsprit, windlass, capstain and pumps, all standing; burthen about
200 tons, old England built and uncommonly strong.
The
sails, cables, anchors, yards, topmasts, rigging and materials, belonging to
the said vessel, carefully taken down in good condition.
The
cargo of the said ship, consisting of about 700 sasks of flaxseed, the growth
of Flanders last season, part of which is perfectly sound and dry, fit for
sowing, and part damaged by water, fit for being made into oil; in lots of ten
casks each.
And
about 500 oak staves, three feet long. Payment in cash, or approved Dublin bills,
according as each article will be struck off.
The
ship, at a moderate expence, may be transported to the channel of Ringneshark,
very near the spot where she lies. Waterford, Jan. 22, 1780.[2]
Unknown French Vessel, 22 January 1779
On
Friday night, a French vessel bound for Bordeaux to Martinico, laden with wine,
flour, pease and a prize to the Guernsey privateer was wrecked to the westward
of Tramore. The crew were lodged in jail and most of the cargo is saved, but
the vessel cannot be got off.[1]
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