Lettens Jan16/01/2008

HMS SALDANHA; 5th Rate; 36 cannons; 951 bm; 145x39 ft; Built in 1809 by Temple, South Shields. HMS SALDANHA (Capt. William Packenham) was wrecked completely in a storm on January 1811, near Lough Swilly. Not only wreckage, but also more than 200 bodies were washed ashore, including the Captain's.

Capt. Packenham was also Captain on board of the HMS Greyhound, wrecked in the Philippines.

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Colledge & Warlow, Ships of the Royal Navy

Allen Tony24/03/2008

Saldahna HMS was a 5th Rate Frigate of 38 guns and of 951 tons built in 1809 by Temple & Sons of South Shileds. On the 4th December 1811 in the company of the sloop Talbot, they had sailed west the prevbious day but were caught in a gale. The Saldahna was thought to have struck Swilly Rocks. The first indication of the loss was when 200 bodies were washed ashore at Ballymastoker Bay.

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www.irishwrecksonl..

Lettens Jan16/01/2008

On the night of the 14th Dec 1811 the British warship HMS Saldanha was shipwrecked in atrocious weather at Ballymacstocker bay on Lough Swilly with the loss of 256 souls. The ship's Captain was William Packenham son of the second Lord Longford. He apparently had a premonition of his own death predicting that the ship would perish on this voyage.

Note: apparently, the ship was used as an emigration ship from Ireland to Philadelphia.

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members.tripod.com..