An item dated London, England the 11th reported that according to a letter received from the British squadron off Cadiz, Spain was the British ship Mary captain Drysdale wrecked on the Spanish coast an captured by the Spanish. The gun brig HMS Eagle succeeded to set fire in the wreck preventing that the Spanish could use her or her cargo partly consisting of war stores. The Mary had been part of a convoy escorted by the Spartan.(1)
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1. 5th rate, launched at the shipyard of Ross, Rochester, England on 16 August 1806. broken up in 1822, dimensions154’ x 40’, a 1084 tons builders measurement and an armament of 38 guns.
