Chart of Tramore Bay

Chart of Tramore Bay

Wednesday 30 September 2015

St Jean 1768, 31 December:

Saturday the 17th instant, the hull of a large vessel, with her masts, sails and rigging standing was drove ashore at Bonmahon, three miles westward of Tramore, on part of the estate of Lord Viscount Mount Florence; there was no living creature on board. She proves to be the St, Jean, supposed to belong to France; and, it is conjectured, the whole crew must have perished as two of the bodies have since been driven ashore.[1]




[1] London Chronicle, 5 January 1769.

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