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Ships driven ashore at Leith amid deadly wrecks
A sailor was saved by grabbing a rope as ships in Leith roadstead were forced from their anchors. The vessels drifted upriver with difficulty to the king’s ship. Several boats also left, and three men and a boy perished in the perilous day.
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Leith
Firth
Litchfield
Staffordshire
Stephensyn
Niara
John
Anne
George I
Basinghall
Anthony Loubier
Mergo Ice
Leffier
Rivaie
Olen
Ostend
James Webb
Aera
Evans
Bayley
Éforesaid Chapel
Mes Ware
Abbot
Andrew Morris
Westmaster
James Hrafierand
Eam Nichulatieg
Sufp Piston
Gourt
Mit Chapatan
Ssuthwark
Bromley
Keatsies
Anaék
Lewiham’ Wath
Pau
Fy Company