The High Cost of the Sands For Admiral Gardner and Britannia (1809)

When the Admiral Gardner and the Britannia, both of the British East India Company, left London, they were both bound for India. They would not make it even a fraction of the distance, indeed they never left English shores. When a huge storm blew in both ships with their cargos of coins, as well as a brig named the Apollo, would be wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in a single night. Sparking dreams of treasure to be found. Ship Name: Admiral Gardner Built: 1979 Tonnage: 816 Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Vessel East Indiaman Sank: 1809, Goodwin Sands England Ship Name: Britannia Built: 1806 Tonnage: 1273 Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Vessel East Indiaman Sank: 1809, Goodwin Sands England Sources: https://goodwinsands.org.uk/britannia/ https://owlcation.com/humanities/Wreck-of-the-Treasure-Ship-the-Admiral-Gardner A Compendium of Incidents Incurred by the Major Ships used by the English (later British) East India Company c.1600 to c.1834 by Ed Cumming Published 2016 https://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=IAMS_VU2&search_scope=default_scope&docId=IAMS045-001114494&fn=permalink https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000062?section=official-list-entry https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433077895047&view=1up&seq=231&skin=2021 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t6h13k87k&view=1up&seq=10&skin=2021