The Castaway on a Shallop (1803)

The fourth officer of the Europe wrote a letter to his father on September 8th, 1803, disclosing the following information: “we saw a small boat on our starboard-bow, which, upon pearing, we discovered to have only one sail set, and otherwise to be a perfect wreck. No one was observed to be on her deck, until, upon hailing her, a wretched object presented himself, apparently in a most distressed situation, and in the posture of imploring our assistance.” Ship Name: Unnamed Shallop  Ship Type: Longboat Converted to Shallop  Nationality: British  Year Built: 1803 Year Wrecked: 1803 Location Wrecked: Somewhere off the coast of South America Reason for Wreck: Storm  Lives Lost: 3 Sources:  https://newspaperarchive.com/methodist-magazine-jul-01-1805-p-18/ https://books.google.com/books?id=SpyfNG6hVaMC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=robert+scotney+thomas+shipwreck&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://dn720300.ca.archive.org/0/items/b33088822/b33088822.pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=v0UPAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=shipwreck+narrative&source=gbs_navlinks_s