When the Admiral Gardner and the Britannia, both of the British East India Company, left London, they were both bound for India. They would not make it even a fraction of the distance, indeed they never left English shores. When a huge storm blew in both ships with their cargos of coins, as well as a brig named the Apollo, would be wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in a single night. Sparking dreams of treasure to be found.

Ship Name: Admiral Gardner

Built: 1979

Tonnage: 816

Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Vessel East Indiaman

Sank: 1809, Goodwin Sands England

Ship Name: Britannia

Built: 1806

Tonnage: 1273

Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Vessel East Indiaman

Sank: 1809, Goodwin Sands England

Sources: https://goodwinsands.org.uk/britannia/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Wreck-of-the-Treasure-Ship-the-Admiral-Gardner

A Compendium of Incidents Incurred by the Major Ships used by the English (later British) East India Company c.1600 to c.1834 by Ed Cumming Published 2016

https://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=IAMS_VU2&search_scope=default_scope&docId=IAMS045-001114494&fn=permalink

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000062?section=official-list-entry

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433077895047&view=1up&seq=231&skin=2021

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