More information : `The DOWSON, Best, from Leverpool; and the BETSEY, Williams, from Chester are both lost at Scilly, the people saved.' (1)(2)(5)
`...struck and carried on for a short distance, finally sinking between Bartholomew and Perconger.' (4)
Source (3) gives date of loss as 24-DEC-1786.
Source (5) spells the vessel's name as BETSY.
This vessel is one of five vessels reported in source (2), which tallies with the following account in source (6): `Capt. Campbel, from Belfast, says there was five vessels lost at Scilly in the late gale.'
Master: William Williams
Date of Loss Qualifier: A |