Three Unnamed Wrecks, January 1732

The writer has not located any other wrecks in the area until three ships were wrecked on the same day in January 1732. From the London newspapers:

We hear from Tramore near Waterford in Ireland, that on Saturday morning last three ships were lost in that bay, viz. one from Harve, laden with apples, on board of which was Sir Richard Levings, who, with the crew, were saved; one from Bordeaux, laden with wine, whole crew, except two boys, were lost; and one from the west of England, laden with bark and staves, the crew saved.^[1]  
   

The lack of recordings of wrecks in the bay during this time is probably due to the scarcity of newspapers and other official records from the period, as opposed to a lack of wrecks occurring in the bay. The 1732 wrecks were probably reported, because Sir Richard Levings was a baronet and one of the judges of the King’s Bench in Ireland.    

        

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[1]London Evening Post, 13 January 1732, 17^th-18^th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.