The Fiery Rescue of the Kent (1825)

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 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-13748 https://books.google.com/books?id=ptEsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=kent+ship+fire+1825&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAqpjRwLKCAxVvg4kEHYWVC3k4ChDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=kent%20ship%20fire%201825&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=JkhOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA396&dq=kent+ship+fire+1825&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAqpjRwLKCAxVvg4kEHYWVC3k4ChDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=kent%20ship%20fire%201825&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=gEew86eLfCQC&pg=PA250&dq=kent+ship+fire+1825&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAqpjRwLKCAxVvg4kEHYWVC3k4ChDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=kent%20ship%20fire%201825&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=I0YSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA248&dq=kent+ship+fire+1825&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAqpjRwLKCAxVvg4kEHYWVC3k4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=kent%20ship%20fire%201825&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA232&dq=kent+ship+fire+1825&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF2dy1wbKCAxWDtokEHZytD8k4FBDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=kent%20ship%20fire%201825&f=false