The Twice Abandoned Sussex (1738)

The crew of the East India Company ship the Sussex, under the command of their captain, got ready to abandon ship. Another East India Company ship, the Winchester, was standing by to take them off. Not all of the crew was united however. There was a small stubborn group who felt that the ship just needed a little repair to be right again. Ship Name: Sussex Nationality: British Ship Type: East Indiaman Year Built: Unknown Tonnage: Unknown Year Wrecked: 1738 Location Wrecked: Bassas da India Reason For Wreck: Inaccurate Chart Lives Lost: 15, including those who died in Madagascar after the wreck. Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=p4McAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA94&dq=wreck+of+the+sussex+1738&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-pvThuv38AhXrjYkEHTzKC5UQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=wreck%20of%20the%20sussex%201738&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=NOleKI6jYJgC&pg=PA5&dq=wreck+of+the+sussex+1738&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-pvThuv38AhXrjYkEHTzKC5UQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=wreck%20of%20the%20sussex%201738&f=false https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/ile-europa-and-bassas-da-india-xeric-scrub/ https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/1/21#B74-heritage-06-00021 https://books.google.com/books?id=ByT1l36ZxGoC&pg=PA135&dq=sussex+shipwreck+1738+john+dean&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVt-Slt_38AhUKlYkEHdlrC-04ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=sussex%20shipwreck%201738%20john%20dean&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=z3emukhxXw4C&pg=PA219&dq=sussex+shipwreck+1738+john+dean&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP36b5tv38AhV1lIkEHe1eAIIQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=sussex%20shipwreck%201738%20john%20dean&f=false https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/08/john-dean-celebrity-shipwreck-survivor-of-the-1740s.html https://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/article.php?article=160 https://www.maggs.com/departments/early_british/all_categories/217980/