The saga of the Grosvensor 1782 shipwreck.

Greetings all shipwreck enthusiasts. Grab and ale sit back and enjoy the yarn of Grosvensor.

The wreck of the Grosvenor, an East Indiaman, occurred on 4 August 1782 on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, north of the Umzimvubu River. The shipwreck was close to the place where the Portuguese ship São João had gone down more than two centuries earlier on 8 June 1552.

The Grosvenor was a three-masted ship of 729 tons on her return voyage to England when she was…

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