When was it published?

October 30, 1777 in The Newport Gazette

Foreign News October 30, 1777

The Newport Gazette

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs, Disaster, Trade Or Commerce

Q: What keywords are associated?

Shipwreck, Hurricane, Adelaide, Swiss Officer, Naval Stores, Americans, Tobago Rescue

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

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What is this article about?

Dutch brig Vrow Trump rescued four survivors, including a Swiss officer, from a small boat near Tobago in early June. They were from the Adelaide, which foundered in a hurricane en route from Nantes to South Carolina with naval stores for Americans; all others perished.

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By authentic accounts from Amsterdam we are assured, the Vrow Trump, a Dutch brig, from Surinam, the beginning of June last took up four men out of a small boat near the island of Tobago, who had been three days at sea, without any sustenance: One of them was a Swiss officer, and had sailed from Nantes with eighteen of his countrymen, and a large quantity of naval stores for the service of the Americans, on board the Adelaide, a vessel of three hundred tons, bound to South Carolina, which had foundered in a hurricane, and all her crew perished except the Swiss and the three seamen his companions.

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs Disaster Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

Shipwreck Hurricane Adelaide Swiss Officer Naval Stores Americans Tobago Rescue

What entities or persons were involved?

Swiss Officer

Where did it happen?

Near The Island Of Tobago

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Near The Island Of Tobago

Event Date

Beginning Of June Last

Key Persons

Swiss Officer

Outcome

all her crew perished except the swiss and the three seamen his companions

Event Details

The Vrow Trump, a Dutch brig from Surinam, took up four men out of a small boat near Tobago who had been three days at sea without sustenance. One was a Swiss officer who had sailed from Nantes with eighteen countrymen and naval stores for Americans on the Adelaide, bound to South Carolina, which foundered in a hurricane.