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	Earl of Abergavenny (East Indiaman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Earl of Abergavenny was an East Indiaman which was wrecked in Weymouth Bay, England in 1805.
		She was one of the largest built and was captained by William Wordsworth 's brother John.
		This 1440 ton vessel was built in Northfleet, Kent in 1797 to carry cargo for the East India Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Abergavenny_(East_Indiaman) (141 words)

	REFERENCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Wreck of the Abergavenny by Alethea Hayter.
		Braithwaite, W. - Raising of the Earl of Abergavenny in the Journal of the Endeavour, 1805 to 1807.
		Tomlinson, Cobold - Wreck of the Earl of Abergavenny, 5
	www.weymouthdiving.co.uk /reference.htm (1414 words)

	Ship Wreck [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east.
		Earl of Abergavenny The title of Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced "Abergenny") was created in 1876 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for the Earl of Abergavenny.
		It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean.
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	Dorset and the sea
		East Indiamen therefore had several roles; they were cargo ships, war ships and the fore runners of passenger liners, and as a result were twice the size of vessels which traded closer to home.
		The wreck of an East Indiaman had all the ingredients of a modern news story - human interest, drama, financial speculation and lost fortunes.
		But the fate of the Halsewell and the Earl of Abergavenny raise questions beyond the immediate circumstances of their shipwreck.
	www.swgfl.org.uk /dorset/html/archive/eic01.htm (320 words)

	Ship [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Balaam, the son of Beor, was a Gentile seer; he appears in the history of the Israelites during their sojourn in the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan River, at the close of the Forty Years' wandering, shortly before the death of Moses and the crossing of the Jordan.
		East Indiaman An East Indiaman was a ship belonging to the British East India Company.
		The first uses of iron for naval protection occurred in the Far East in the 16th century, but the heyday of the ironclad came in the mid-19th century, when ironclads supplanted wooden ships, and then were themselves replaced by ships made of steel....
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		Although the Company’s first voyage to the East Indies was a success, and a trading base was established at the port of Bantam in Java, subsequent voyages faced bitter hostility from the Dutch who were determined to seize control of the Spice Islands and were ruthless in their treatment of anyone who challenged their authority.
		In April 1770 the East Indiaman ‘Plassey’ was returning home from China when it was met by a smugglers’ vessel off the coast of Cornwall.
		The Earl of Abergavenny was launched in 1796 and was wrecked on its fifth voyage to China in 1805.
	www.swgfl.org.uk /dorset/html/teachers/docs/origins_of_the_east_india_company.doc (3821 words)

	The Wreck of the "Abergavenny" by buymore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She combines this with the terrifying details of the loss of the East Indiaman Earl of Abergavenny, which in itself would be a fascinating read.
		In 1805 the Earl of Abergavenny set sail from Portsmouth for a voyage to India and China, captained by John Wordsworth, brother of the poet William.
		Earl of Abergavenny 50 36N 002 24W 1/2 mile East of the middle entrance to Portland harbour 18 metres After hitting the Shambles bank and making a run for Weymouth harbour in 1805, she sank with the loss of many lives.
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	Hampshire and Dorset Shipwrecks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The vessel, a large East Indiaman was, at over 1,180 tons, one of the biggest in the East India fleet, then numbering over 80 ships of various sizes.
		With the crew and a number of East India troops there was a total of 402 on the vessel when it finally left the port with four other East Indiamen under the protection of a Naval frigate HMS Weymouth.
		The Earl of Abergavenny sank just one and a half miles from Weymouth beach and considering its prestige it is incredible that so little rescue effort was made and that so many lives were lost, especially as it had been in such a dangerous state for well over six hours.
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		Duke of Cumberland (2), east indiaman ( 2)
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		Duke of Dorset (2), east indiaman ( 1)
	www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/searches/sidocs.asp?LR=59 (253 words)

	The loss of the Indiaman Earl of Abergavenny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She was nine years old, having been bult in Pincher's Yard at Northfleet, Kent, in 1796 for the East India Co. The captain's family had invested 20,000 L in goods on board the ship.
		At this period the Abergavenny had not been supplied with a Pilot, and therefore was compelled to wait a few hours for that purpose.
		The crew consisted of 160 men, and there were between 50 and 60 passengers; the rest were 100 recruits for his Majesty's and 59 soldiers of the East India Co., and 100 of the King's soldiers about 30 Chinamen were also on board.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /aber.htm (1766 words)

	Weymouth,Dorset,England -Shipwrecks around Weymouth,Portland & Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The East India Company, whose main docks were in London, due to their trade, built lavish ships for their merchants.
		The East India Company held its ship, the Earl of Abergavenny in high regard, so the loss of her was devastating.
		For further information about the Earl of Abergavenny, including crew and passenger lists, and information about the merchant ships of the East India Company, the website of Weymouth Museum is excellent and strongly recommended.
	www.weymouth.here-on-the.net /shipwrecks.html (2786 words)

	The Heritage Coast: Wreck of Abergavenny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Earl of Abergavenny was one of the English East India Company's largest ships at 1400 tons, the wreck of which now lies in 18 metres of water 1.5 miles out in Weymouth Bay.
		It was the start of the Abergavenny's fifth voyage since she was launched in 1797 at Pitchers Yard on the Thames.
		Apparently the massive timbers of this huge East Indiaman beat his diving apparatus and he only managed to succeed in retrieving a few minor items from the wreck.
	www.cyberport.co.uk /historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/wrecks/wreck_of_abergavenny.htm (895 words)

	Physical Changes to the Coast
		A bottle recovered from the wreck of the Earl of Abergavenny, which sank in Weymouth bay in 1805, contained 120 cherries pickled in brandy.
		The Earl of Abergavenny, which sank in Weymouth Bay in January 1805 was carrying many thousands of gunflints for the East India Company’s Army in India.
		Engraving of the sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny in 1805 (DCC).
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	The STRIPED FLAG of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, and its CONNEXION with the AMERICAN "STARS and STRIPES"
		Another picture of an East Indiaman carrying the Company's striped flag with the union canton is the one of the Ranger being attacked by a Mahratta fleet in 1783.
		Prior to that the new union is found in pictures of East Indiamen: for instance those of The Earl of Abergavenny (painted by Thomas Luny, 1801) and The Warren Hastings in a fight with La Piemontaise on 21 June 1806, which are Nos.
		It was similar to that of the East India Company in every respect except one; the canton bore the subjoined crosses of St George and St Andrew on a blue ground (the then British Union Jack), instead of the cross of St George alone on a white ground.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-eic2.html (9446 words)

	Sailing ships of the Royal Navy A1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ABERGAVENNY was reported by AMBUSCADE to be at Port Royal in December 1801 but she does not appear in the Navy List after this.
		East India Co. presented Capt. STILES with a piece of plate value 500 guineas for his care and attention to two fleets of East Indiamen which he had convoyed.
		This was accomplished using the lower masts, yards and sails from a recaptured East Indiaman and on 14 December she sailed again with a crew of 30 sailors, a company of the 87th regiment and about 120 fls from the plantations.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /A1.HTM (21538 words)

	The Heritage Coast: Dorset's Coastline
		Just to the south east lies the Shambles Sandbank, only feet below the surface at low tide and cause of one of Dorset's most tragic shipwrecks in 1805 when the East Indiaman 'Earl of Abergavenny' struck the Shambles and eventually sank with great loss of life.
		West of Portland is that most infamous lee shore, Chesil Beach, an eighteen mile arc of steeply shelving shingle, its pebbles endlessly sorted and sized by the sea so that the fine shingle at Bridport, its western end, gradually increases in size along the length of the beach until the stones are fist-sized at Portland.
		East of Portland, before Portland Breakwaters were built to provide a Harbour of Refuge in the mid-19th century, ships sheltering in Portland Roads benefited from the protective arm of Chesil Beach.
	www.theheritagecoast.co.uk /historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/wrecks/dorsets_coastline.htm (362 words)

	Church Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Among them are eighty of those who drowned when the East Indiaman, the Earl of Abergavenny, sank in Weymouth Bay in 1805.
		Her captain, John Wordsworth, brother of the poet William, was buried away from the others to the south of the church, although there is no surviving stone on his grave.
		In the east churchyard is buried William Thompson, who is credited with taking the first underwater photograph in 1856.
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	NAS adopted wreck: The Earl of Abergavenny, Weymouth Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NAS adopted wreck: The Earl of Abergavenny, Weymouth Bay
		T he Earl of Abergavenny was an East Indiaman bound for China, when she sank in Weymouth Bay with the loss of more than 250 souls in February 1805.
		She is of some historic and literary interest, as she was under the command of John Wordsworth, the poet William Wordsworth's brother, who also perished in the tragedy.
	www.nasportsmouth.org.uk /wreck/sites/earl-abergavenny.php (122 words)

	Getting There, Shipbuilding. Trading Places - the East India Company and Asia 1600-1834, an Exhibition. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But each &#145;East Indiaman’; had a limited life expectancy - 4 voyages to Asia over 8 to 10 years.
		Blackwall Yard was eventually sold to private owners who continued to build specifically for the Company.
		The Earl of Abergavenny off Southsea by Thomas.
	www.bl.uk /whatson/exhibitions/trading/getting1.html (138 words)

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		On the same day with this adventure, another memorable occurrence took place, which contributed, for a time, to add greatly to the odium which the first had brought on his name in Britain, but which, in the end, enabled him to prove that he was possessed of the most heroic qualities.
		Augustus Earle, the little colony was found to be on the increase, a considerable number of children having been born since the period of settlement.
		The Earl of Abergavenny, East Indiaman, left Portsmouth, in the beginning of February, 1805, with forty passengers, and property to the value of eighty-nine thousand pounds sterling on board.
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		Earl of Loudoun's army in Portugal ( 1)
		Earl Shilton and Barwell Free Church Council ( 1)
		East division of Essex for charitable uses and maimed soldiers ( 2)
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		This was the 'Abergavenny', East Indiaman, which had sunk with all sails set, hardly three miles from the shore, and all on board perished.
		A 'Narrative of the loss of the "Earl of Abergavenny" East Indiaman, off Portland, Feb. 5, 1805', was published in pamphlet form (8vo, 1805), by Hamilton and Bird, 21 High Street, Islington.
		He went to sea again in 1803, and returned to London in 1804, but could not visit Grasmere; and in the month of February 1805--shortly after he was appointed to the command of the 'Abergavenny'--the ship was lost at the Bill of Portland, and every one on board perished.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/3/8/12383/12383-8.txt (15690 words)

	Protected and adopted wrecks - Dorset Coast
		Halsewell - A British East Indiaman which was wrecked off the isle of Purbeck on 6
		This was the first wreck adopted under the 'Adopt a Wreck' scheme.
		Earl of Abergavenny - A British East Indiaman which sank in
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	Notes - EARL of ABERGAVENNY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The names have been extracted from a contemporary account held at the Portland Library, Easton, Dorset.
		402 persons were listed as being either Passengers or Crew onboard the East Indiaman, EARL OF ABERGAVENNY on the night of 5 February 1805, when she grounded on the Shambles and subsequently sank before she was able to make shore.
		They be presented with the sum of one hundred pounds each, upon taking their passage to proceed to India according to their destination
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	East Indiaman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		East Indiaman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		An East Indiaman was a (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship belonging to the (Click link for more info and facts about British East India Company) British East India Company.
		The (An accident that destroys a ship at sea) shipwreck of one of the largest East Indiamen, the (Click link for more info and facts about Earl of Abergavenny) Earl of Abergavenny, is located at (Click link for more info and facts about Weymouth) Weymouth Bay, in (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/East_Indiaman.htm (94 words)

	John L. Mahoney, On Richard E. Matlak, _Deep Distresses_ - Romantic Circles Reviews, Romantic Circles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Richard Matlak's Deep Distresses: William Wordsworth, John Wordsworth, Sir George Beaumont, 1800–1808 is a notable study of a key episode in Wordsworthiana, the death of the poet's mariner brother John in the wreck of his ship, the Earl of Abergavenny.
		It is also a fascinating series of persuasive speculations that connect the accident with Sir George Beaumont's painting of Peel Castle in a Storm and Wordsworth's great poem Elegiac Stanzas, Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm.
		The Earl of Abergavenny, an East Indiaman, went down in a turbulent sea two miles off the coast of the Bill of Portland on February 5, 1805, and 246 perished.
	www.rc.umd.edu /reviews/current/matlak2.html (1008 words)

	British Archaeological Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When East Riding of Yorkshire Council put forward plans for a new bridge at Welham Bridge, Humber Archaeology Partnership, which advises the local authority on archaeology, recommended a watching brief during construction for which York Archaeological Trust was named as contractor.
		HIGHLY COMMENDED - The Earl of Abergavenny - Historical Record and Wreck Excavation, by Edward M Cumming and published by MIBEC Enterprises, is an interactive CD-ROM on the investigation of an outward-bound East Indiaman which sank in Weymouth Bay in 1805 with major loss of life including the captain, John Wordsworth, the poet's brother.
		While not a formal publication, the Earl of Abergavenny provides a valuable example of what can be achieved to make project data and research by an amateur group available to others.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /awards/baa2004.html (7119 words)

	wreck archive history
		Apparently the fierce squall had turned the vessel's bows to the east causing it to capsize to the starboard, with the result that water rushed in through the open ports.
		While later embarking troops alongside at the East Mole, Dunkirk she was bombed and set on fire in Dunkirk harbour on May 29th, 1940, when taking part in the evacuation of the British Army.
		The bow and mid-section of the Inverlane were made watertight, towed to Orkney by the navy in WW2 and sunk in her present position as a blockship in 1944.
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