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]
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.’[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
The
Patty was lost in a gale of wind in Tramore Bay, on a voyage from Cork to
Newfoundland, master Scriven.[7]
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 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.[8]
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.[9]
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