Produced by Barry Abrahamsen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at The National Library of Australia.) [Illustration: W Elmes Loss of the Anson, frigate, off Cornwall. Pub. by Thos. Tegg. 111, Cheapside, Aug. 1808.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FRIGATE ANSON, Which was Wrecked WITHIN THREE MILES OF HELSTON, DECEMBER 28, 1807, AND ABOUT FIFTY PERSONS LOST. ------- ALSO AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF The Sidney, WHICH RAN UPON A DANGEROUS ROCK OR SHOAL, MAY 20, 1808, AND ONLY A FEW OF THE CREW PRESERVED; ------- TOGETHER WITH Several genuine Anecdotes, AND ACCOUNTS OF DREADFUL FAMINES AT SEA. ------------------------------------ LONDON: Printed for THOMAS TEGG, 111, CHEAPSIDE. ------- PRICE ONLY SIXPENCE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FRIGATE ANSON, Which was wrecked near HELSTON, DECEMBER 29, 1807. ------- THE following account of the unfortunate loss of his Majesty’s frigate Anson, and of the much lamented death of Captain Lydiard, is communicated by the captain’s steward, who was continually about his person, and on whose veracity our readers may depend. “On the 27th of December, 1807, cruizing off the Black Rocks, and perceiving the approach of a gale, kept a look out for the commodore in the Dragon. The next morning (Monday) the gale increasing from the S.W. and not perceiving the Dragon in any direction, at nine o’clock, shaped our course for the Lizard, with a view of getting into Falmouth. “At twelve o’clock all hands upon deck, the sea running very high; two bowsprits on the starboard-side washed away by the violence of the sea; also a port abreast the main-mast, by which means she shipped a great deal of water.