John Wordsworth and Earl of Abergavenny bronze plaque
Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
The Earl of Abergavenny was an outward bound East India Company ship which struck the Shambles Bank off Portland Bill during a gale on the bitter winter's night of 5th February 1805. A rising tide finally freed her and although flooding fast, the Captain and crew tried desperately to beach her on We
ymouth Sands but they lost the battle and she tragically sank 2 miles from the safety of the beach in 10 fathoms of water. Over 250 passengers, troops and crew including her Captain, John Wordsworth,
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