Chart of Tramore Bay

Chart of Tramore Bay

Friday 2 October 2015

Unknown Transport, November 1801,

‘A Transport was lost on the night of the 3rd inst. in Tramore Bay, with paid off seamen, 300 of which were drowned.’[1]

This is probably an error, as while the statement is repeated in several newspapers, it is not elaborated on, as would be expected for a disaster of this magnitude, nor is it mentioned in the relevant secondary sources.



[1] Hull Packet, 17 November 1801; Stamford Mercury, 20 November 1801.

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