Schooner Hero ~ 9 February 1799

Newbern Gazette, February 16 1799

"Hero, a schooner of Baltimore ... was cast ashore near Beaufort Bar." Possibly 93 tons, no mention of guns.

Roanoke ~ 1 May 1799

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM

Beaufort, NC

www.ncmaritimemuseum.org

Map Produced by J.B. Paternoster Row
of London

On this day in 1799 the Herald of Freedom of Edenton, NC reported that the ship Roanoke, Capt. Ebenezer Paine, from Cadiz, Spain laden with brandy, wine and fruit, struck on the bar at Ocracoke and went to pieces. This portion of a 1780 map produced by J B Paternoster Row of London shows the general area of Ocracoke Inlet, a major port entrance at the time.