Indian Antiquary Vol 46

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(JANUARY, 1917
was Cut adrift. At daylight saw 4 Sail of dismasted Ships at Anchor, and 8 Ships stranded; launched & Cutter overboard, and took up 8 Men belonging to the Sunderland who foundered in the Gale.
Extract of the Log of the Medway, Captain John Bladen Tinker.37 1st and 28 January 1761. Ship so very light that I apprehended she would not carry sail. At 10 stormy squalls and rain. At past 10 at night the ship drove, and as we came near the Admiral, in wh08c Hawse we rode, we cut the cable, loosd the yard arms of the Foresail in order to clear him and shoot farther from the shore. The sails split to peices, and as the long boat and hawser got foul of the rudder, we cut ber away... As we expected a second and more violent attack of the storm; as soon as the ship was about, the wind flew about to the South ward, and blowed so extremely bard that all the sails flew to Poices, and laid the ship Lee Gunwale under water. At 2 found the ship water logged, which obliged us to cutt away all the masts to right the ship ... Ordered the people to the pumps, there being upwards of 10 ft. water in her, found the platform of the magazine blown up, the powder barrels all stove and the powder all washed away. When the foremast went away, it carried away the short and kedge anchors, the davit, and one of the forecastle guns. Some of the wreck got foul of the sheet anchor, which obliged us to wear away some of the cable, to clear it from the ships bottom. In the morning at day light saw 3 sails within us dismasted, and 3 more that were drove ashore and lost ...
Extract of the Log of the Newoastle.39 Friday 20 January 1761.- At eleven it blew 80 Extreamly hard N. W., that our Cables parted. Do. Cutt away the Romainder part of the Cables at the Manger Board and hoisted the Fore Topmast Staysails to Ware clear of the Panther, which Immidiately blew away. Then hoisted the fore stay sails, which also blew away. Soon after finding ourselves Clear of the Panther, then Entirely Luosed the Yards Arms of the Fore Sails, which blew Entirely to peices, and then Bunted the spritsails and Loosed the Yard arms of it, which Likewise blew away; soon after it fell Little Wind... In A Instant the Wind Encreased to a Haracan at S. E., the ship flew up to the Wind witb ber Lead to the Southward ; Do. Lasshed the Fore Topsails Yard to the Cap and Loosed the Goose Wings of the Fore Topgails to Endeavour to Ware the Ship. When she had fallen of to W. N. W., saw a sail Close on board of us right a head; we put the helm Down to run Clear of her, which she Immediately Broched to; then the Fore Topsails blew to peices, and soon after the Fore Topmast was blown over the Side ...At the time we bad four feet Water between Deck. and the Carpenters employed Soutling the Lower Deck ; at the same time we were Cutting away the Main Mast, at which time the Man at the Lead said there was 17 fadom Water, when she Instantly struck the ground and the Main Mast fell over the side. At 6 A. M., observed the Queenborough and the Protector fire ship on Shore to the North ward of us and the Duke of Acquitain Sunk without us, and the America, Panther Midway and Falmouth at ancher in the offing with all there masta gon; Do. employed Making Catamarrans to get the people on Shore.
Extract of the Log of the Queenborough. Friday 22 January 1761. past 11 the fore topmast staysail blew all to pieces... at 12... B&W 4 or 5 ships, one upon the larboard beam balling us to get out of the
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