Letter from Captain Cook to His Agents, March 4, 1825: “You are aware of my leaving this port on the 24th ult with passengers and goods for Mexico, and I beg to acquaint you with my return here this morning, at 1 AM under the following circumstances”. Captain Cook of the 200-ton brigantine the Cambria certainly had not had the voyage he had expected when he had departed Falmouth a week earlier. Not only was he back far too quickly, but he also had approximately five hundred and fifty more people on board than he had departed with.
Ship Name: Kent
Ship Type: Wooden East Indiaman
Tonnage: 1350
Nationality: United Kingdom
Year Lost: 1825
Location Lost: Bay of Biscay
Reason for Loss: Caught Fire in a Storm
Lives Lost: Estimated between 85 and 100
Sources:
https://archive.org/details/recordprovidenc00youngoog/page/n260/mode/2up
https://books.google.com/books?id=txifhAVMAhMC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=VoYUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/kent/kent.shtml
