The Long Voyage from the Winterton (1792)

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://books.google.com/books?id=f9hoAAAAcAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=british+east+india+company+ship+list&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://newspaperarchive.com/london-lloyd-evening-post-jul-22-1793-p-5/ https://books.google.com/books?id=bCg2AAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=winterton+east+india&source=gbs_navlinks_s 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/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-times-aug-23-1793-p-1/ https://books.google.com/books?id=oxVjAAAAcAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=winterton+shipwreck+1792&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz8IAAAAQAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=shipwreck+letter&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://books.google.com/books?id=72VXEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=King+Baba%E2%80%99s+Largesse:+The+Wreck+of+the+Winterton+(1792)&source=gbs_navlinks_s