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Shipwreck and Rescue Near Cape Finisterre from a Royal Coffe Regiment
An 18th century account describes a ship sailing from Ritzee to Gibraltar that sprang a leak and sank. Captain Neal and many officers perished as soldiers and sailors struggled in a doomed attempt to abandon ship. Surviving crew, aided by the Royal Coffee regiment from Rhe, endured beaching on a Spanish shore, with Count de Genlis and others guiding rescue efforts. The narrative honors the French and American aid, while noting a later publication dispute over an American atlas and map accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritzee -Buttel
Union
Neal
Gibraltar
de Waohausen
van der Wanfe
Oldenbourg
de Bacmeister
de Bremen
Dorrim
Suffert
Cape Finisterre
Regiment de Royal Coffe
Fort of
Saint Martin
Rhe
de Mbirenghe
Palliere
Giraud
Count de Genlis
Sacamori
America
Servants of the Crown
Quebec
New
England
Agiyet
Board of Trade
Earl of Dartmouth
Thomas Jefferys
Jefferys
Mr. Sayer
Fleet-street
Albemarle Street