Maritime record COR 149 - Wreck of the William and Jane

1735 wreck of an English cargo vessel which stranded in Corton Roads while en route from Hamburg to the Mediterranean; a wooden sailing vessel.
Status: Casualty

`From Wye's letter, and the London prints, Oct. 7:

`On Thursday morning last, the wind blowing a storm easterly, was lost in Corton Road, near Yarmouth, the WILLIAM & JANE, of Sunderland, Capt. College, bound from Hamburgh to Alicant, Marseilles and Leghorn, with a very valuable cargo: she went on shore with such violence, that half the ship broke away; the Captain and his wife, and a gentleman, were drowned, but the rest, with sundry goods, were saved.' (1) (2)

Master: College (1) (2)
Crew Lost: 1 (1) (2)
Passengers Lost: 2 (1) (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss