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Calamitous Atlantic voyage and shipwreck reports 1759
Extract from the Edinburgh Chronicle 1759 describes a private letter aboard the Ilchester Indiaman detailing a voyage to Vilacapatam and Bengali campaigns. It recounts a violent February storm near the Cape of Good Hope that crippled the ship, forced abandonment of rigging, and arduous pumps to survive, with crew including pilot Smith assisting amid heavy losses.
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Smith
Barbados
Lewis
Lee
Eid
Barbadoes Spiga
Landa
Cope
Fan
Bompart
Granada
Moore
M. Bompart
St Domingo
Ilchester
Kinsale
Dublin
Bengal
Vilacapatam
Hardwick
Sampson
Worcester
Teddiman
Thames
Ngal
Cape of Good Hope
Overnor Diake