The London Lloyd Evening Post on July 22nd, 1793 wrote the following: “The Count Bernstorff, Indiaman, lately arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, learnt from a country vessel, that she had seen at sea last November a large vessel, answering to the description of the Winterton, supposed to be bearing to the Mauritius. The Winterton left the cape the 2nd of August.”
Ship Name: Winterton
Tonnage:711
Ship Type: East Indiaman
Nationality: British
Year Wrecked: 1792
Reason For Wreck: Went off Course
Location Wrecked: Coast of Madagascar
Lives Lost: 48 in the Initial Wreck
Sources:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b0000163683&seq=162&q1=winterton
https://newspaperarchive.com/london-lloyd-evening-post-jul-22-1793-p-5/
https://books.google.com/books?id=TWJGAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
https://newspaperarchive.com/london-star-aug-31-1793-p-3/
https://newspaperarchive.com/london-star-aug-24-1793-p-4/
https://newspaperarchive.com/london-lloyd-evening-post-dec-18-1793-p-7/
