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I don't know what you're waiting for, but I advise against ordering some of the medical instruments from Godwin if you aren't patient. I know someone who's been waiting two years for a spring fleam. Mine only took 9 months to receive. (Fortunately a spring fleam is a luxury in the scheme of things, so I didn't worry about it too much.)

Someone smack her. (Gently. )

My but the things I don't come across. This is from the book Journal of the Voyage of the Sloop Mary, from Quebeck, Together with an Account of her Wreck off Montauk Point, L.I., Anno 1701 by E.B. O'Callghan, There isn't anything I'd call luxuries in here, though. "October ye 7 1701 things delisard.[delivered?] out of ye slope Marey to 166 Cheses to 20 Rols of tobacko to 81/101 [one over the other in the text] Rols of tobacko to 9 barels of flower to 2 square boxes marckt S.V. to 1 flat box mart B 2 to 1 Lather tronke [leather trunk, I believe] to 2 hogheds of botls marked SR to 9 barles of flower to 16 barles of flower to 1 Grait hoghsed of Lines to 1 Lather tronke to 1 grait box TH No 1 to 1 smol chest markt D, I to 1 smol hoghed of botils to 1 flat box marckt SV to 12 barels of flouer to 70 bunches of arthen waire pots and muges to 7 barels of tar to 4 barels of flower and 2 barels of Rosom marked SV to 2 bareles of flower and 2 2 barels of Rosom marked SV to 1 Large hoged of earthen waire (No 2 and 4) __ to 1 barel of beaire and 10 barels of aples mustard to 6 barels of flower and 1 pipe of wine to 5 barels of flower and 1 pipe of wine, on Long Cask of portr to 9 big Caske of shot and 7 smol Caske of shot to 1 long Caske of puter [??] SV to 7 barels of beare DI to 3 big caskes of shot October ye 16 1701 things Resesd [received?] on bord ye slup Marey to 4 barels of brandy to 4 hogsds of Claret __ October ye 17 1701 things Resesd on bord ye slope Marey to 2 brandy peses to 10 smol barels of brandy and 1 pes of Lining [Linen?] Cloth: and 2 bolts of Cansis to 8 smole caske of bradye to 2 bondls of syle skns and stons to 1 Caske of brandy to 2 Lather trunks and 2 squaire boxes and 1 box otor stons" (O'Callghan, p. 5-7) Wen she wrecked, the "Acct was taken" which listed: The Sloope wth her standing Riging The Sayles and runing Riging 1 hhd of Brandy 18 Quarter Cask of Brandy 4 hhds of Claret 60lb of Beaver stones 200 seale skinns __ 3 Beaver skins & a Papoose 1 Doz of Catt skins: 2 Otters 1 Boult of hollands Ducke 1 ps of Broad Canvas 18 ps of Two remnants of severall sorts of stuff 7 peeces of Cullerd Demity 8 ps of stript Kentings 4 ps of Remnants of Alligars 3 Remnants of Dyed callica 4 Ps of musling or Remnants 4 Printed Callico Carpetts 2 bundles of Beads 9 Ps of Printed lining or callico and a Remnant __ A Remnant of Light Colored Broad cloth 14 yards 12 ps of Stuff and two Remnants A parcel of tobacco 1 Ps of Light cullered shaloone The Eight ps of Kenting and three ps or Remnants of muslin remain in possession of Coll William Smith" (O'Callghan, p. 30-2)

November's article is the first of two parts about the Surgeon's Quarters. (It was originally supposed to the be first of one part, but then I got all side-tracked talking about pirate ships and, well... now it's going to be in two parts.) This part looks at the ships the surgeon would have served on and the second part will be about the surgeon's actual location, quarters, conditions and routines while shipboard. The second part will appear in January - I will be posting an article on a more timely topic in December as well as working on the Fort Taylor Pirate Invasion Surgeon's Journal and I want to be sure I am able to give the second part the attention it deserves. Special thanks this month to Brit.Privateer, William Red Wake and Dutchman for looking over my information on pirate ships and advising on me on how to make it more informative and accurate. Nevertheless, any mistakes in content are mine, not theirs. Also thanks to Mae for looking over my spelling and grammar.

Put-in-Bay rocks! It's become my favorite event. Put-in-Bay Surgeon's Journal, 2012

This is mostly about clothing, with a little, tiny bit about cloth. (There are many, many references to pirates being in need of clothing which I didn't post since they aren't relevant here.) There is some info about what they took, though, perhaps helping with the original question. ____________________________________ "[Captain Halsey] This ship fell seasonably in their way, she being bound for Achen, with butter, rice, and cloth, and the pirates, at that time, were in great straits both for provision and clothing." (Captain Charles Johnson, The History of the Pirates (the 2nd book he wrote), p. 97) ____________________________________ "While they [pirate Captain Howard's men] lay.on the coast of Virginia, they made prize of several ships from England, out of which they took men, liquors, provisions, clothes, and whatever else they liked or thought necessary." (Johnson, The History of the Pirates, p. 144) ____________________________________ This is from a letter from Captain Mackra in 1720, talking about Edward England's crew: "They talked of burning one of their Ships, which we had so entirely disabled, as to be no farther useful to them, and to fit the Cassandra in her room; but in the End I managed my Tack so well, that they made me a Present of the said shattered Ship, which was Dutch built, called the Fancy, about three hundred Tons, and also a hundred and twenty nine Bales of the Company's Cloth, tho' they would not give me a Rag of my Cloathes." (Captain Charles Johnson, The General History of the Pirates, 3rd edition, p. 119) ____________________________________ This is actually an account of England's crew trading with the natives of Cochin, which might be of some interest to you: They had not been long at Anchor again, before they had several Canoes on Board with both black and white Inhabitants, who continued, without Interruption, all good Offices, during their Stay; particularly John Trumpet brought a large Boat of Arrack [cheap wine], than which, nothing could be more pleasing (about 90 Legers,) as also 60 Bales of Sugar [presumably for making liquor]; an Offering, its presumed, from the Governor and his Daughter, who, in Return, had a line Table-Clock sent him [by the pirates], (the Plunder of Captain Mackra's Ship,) and she a large Gold Watch, Earnests of the Pay they designed to make. When they hid all on Board, they paid Mr. Trumpet to his Satisfaction, it was computed, 6 or 7000 l. gave him three Cheers, 11 Guns each Ship, and throw'd Ducatoons into his Boat by handfuls, for the Boat-Men to scramble for. That Night being little Wind, did not weigh, and Trumpet, in the Morning, waked them to the Sight of more Arrack, Chests of Piece-Goods, and ready made Clothes, bringing the Fiscal [??] of the Place also with him." (Johnson, General History, p. 131) ____________________________________ And this isn't really particularly helpful to your question, but I found it interesting in general terms as to how things were stolen and divided, so I couldn't resist cleaning it up and putting it in here. "Evidence. We know that Magnes, Quarter-Master of the [bart. Robert's] Pyrate Ship, commanded the Men in this Boat that took us, and assumed the Authority of ordering her Provisions and Stores out, which being of different Kinds, we soon found, were seized and sent away under more particular Directions; for Main, as Boatswain of the Pyrate Ship, carried away two Cables, and several Coils of Rope, as what belonged to his Province, beating some of our own Men for not being brisk enough at working in the Robbery. Petty, as Sail-maker, saw to the Sails and Canvas; Harper, as Cooper to the Cask and Tools; Griffen, to the Carpenter's Stores, and Oughterlauney, as Pilot, baying shifted himself with a Suit of my Clothes, a new tye Wig, and called for a Bottle of Wine, ordered the Ship, very arrogantly, to be steered under Commadore Robert's Stern," (Johnson, General History, p. 294)

Yes, I really hope to read the relevant bits of that book. It looks quite informative.

I was fishing on the web for images when I found this in a rather interesting book called Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents by John Franklin Jameson at Project Gutenberg. It's a bill of lading for provisions supplied to the privateering ship Revenge in 1741. "Account of the Provisions taken on Board the Sloop Revenge att Rhode Island, Viz. Beef 50 bb. at £7. 10 per bb. - £375 Pork 18 bb. £12 per bb. - £216 Flowr 64 bb. £8 per bb. - £512 Bread 50 C. £4 per C.- £200 Beans 10 bus. - £8 Rum 100 Gall. 10s. per Ga. - £50 Sugar 1C.2 £8 per C. - £12 Hogs fatt a Cagg - £7 (Totaling) £1380" (page 385)

Still feeling guilty about not having given a good answer to the original question, it occurred to me to search The Calendar of State Papers (Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739) for the term 'Hurricane' which produced 231 results. Among the ones relevant to our time period in the first couple of search pages: From a letter sent by Mr. Estwick in St. Christophers to Mr. Popple, dated November 18, 1707: "It is with great concern I am to mention to you the extreem misery of the inhabitants of the Leeward Islands, by the French invasion, and since by a terrible Hurricane, that has not left any fruit, or hardly a green leaf on the Island, not a house or a mill is standing without great damage; besides wch. H.M.S. Winchelsea and Child's Play were at the same time both lost, the last lies now off Palmetto Point, near this place, her men and gunns sav'd, but the hull torn in pieces; The Governour is saving the gunns for to mount on some batteries wch. want them here; This sad hurricane was on Aug. 29, and is indeed a greater calamity than the invasion by the French, etc. The Islands in generall are tollerably healthy having only a small aguish distemper among them, since the hurricane, of wch. few or none die; the most considerable persons lately dead are President Burt of Nevis, and Jno. Hackshaw, one of the Gentlemen nam'd in the Commission for this Island; Col. Burt is not much lamented, his indifferent behaviour when the French visited that Island being still remembred against him; there being no minister on that Island nor has been for some time, he was buried as all others there are, wthout. any ceremony over their grave, etc. P.S.—St. Thomas's has, if possible, suffer'd more by the Hurricane than these Islands, Saba and Statia (Dutch Islands) equall with these; Curacao has felt a little; Guardalupa has likewise suffer'd; Martinique not at all; what other Islands have done, as yet I've not learn'd, but where it has come, it has destroy'd everything to that degree that many good Familyes have not had bread, other than potatoes and cassadoe to eat for many days; all sorts of provisions are upon this occasion at greater rates than ever." From another sent by Gov. Sir Jonathan Atkins on Barbados to Sec. Sir Joseph Williamson on October 18, 1675: "But their sufferings are infinitely augmented by a hurricane the last of August last, the ruin of houses, works, mills, sugars, and utensils being incredible, their canes for next year's sugar crop twisted and broken off, their corn and ground provisions that should have kept their families six months, laid flat or rooted up. Never was seen such prodigious ruin in three hours; there are three churches, 1,000 houses, and most of the mills to Leeward thrown down, 200 people killed, whole families being buried in the ruins of their houses, a torrent of rain beat down all before it, unroofing all their storehouses and letting in the wet to their sugars; never saw a more amazing sight in one night, all the trees were stripped of leaves and fruit, all their housing laid flat, and the people in such consternation and distraction that they resolved never to build again but to leave the island. But upon second thoughts many have changed their minds and are repairing as fast as they can, but a great many can never be able to do it. All the prodigious effects of the hurricane would swell into a volume and puzzle belief; 12 ships, some of them laden with sugar, were driven ashore and broken to pieces. The King's frigate "Foresight" saved herself by standing out to sea, perceiving the storm coming..." From another from President Ayscough in Spanish Town, Jamaica to the Council of Trade and Plantations on November 1, 1726: "...on the 22nd day of October last a most dreadful hurricane happened here which has laid waste many houses and plantations and destroyed the greatest part of the shipping which were then in our harbours etc.; there were but two ships that escaped the storm without damage, one rode it out at the North part of the Island, the other at the Leward part thereof; this letter goes by the former, being very desirous your Lordships should have the earliest account of this melancholy news, the King's house and other publick buildings in this town are very much shattered, tho' the fortifications on Port Royal have not suffered so much as in the former [hurricane; neither has this storm been so general throughout the Island, as the former] but in such parishes where it happened to light, it has done vast mischief etc." And here is one that appears to be from a local publication in Jamaica: "Copy of The Weekly Jamaica Courant, No. ccxxxv., Sept. 12th, 1722. Accounts of the Hurricane:— Kingston. It began at 8 in the morning and continued till 10 at night. Near one half of the houses are shattered etc. We hear of no more than three persons who lost their lives. The wharfs are all destroyed. Of 26 sail of top-sail vessels, and 10 sloops that were in the harbour, no more than 10 are seen, and but five or six of them repairable etc. St. Jago de la Vega. Considerable damage in our buildings, particularly the King's House and Secretary's Office, but very few persons hurt. "It is remarkable that those houses which were built by the Spaniards, sustain'd very little damage." At Old Harbour the houses and people are all destroyed except two. Proclamation by Governor Sir N. Lawes empowering the Provost Marshall to search for and recover goods plundered from ships or houses damaged by the storm. 3rd Sept., 1722. Port Royal. We were under apprehensions of the dreadful hurricane the day before, from the weather appearing very unsettled etc. and the prodigious swell of the sea, throwing up several hundred tons of rocks of large size over the wall at the Eastward part of the town etc. Near 400 persons lost their lives, and above half the town is destroyed. The streets were covered with ruins of houses, wrecks of boats and vessels, and great numbers of dead bodies. The inhabitants that were preserved, reduced to great extremity for want of water, provisions and other necessarys; many must have perished had it not been for the assistance of H.M. ships that rid out the storm etc. . . . People differ in opinion concerning this hurricane and that in 1712; several circumstances are offered to prove which was most violent etc." (Too bad they didn't know about global warming/climate change or they could have wasted their time debating that instead of which one was the worst.) _______________________________________________________________________ And so on and so forth. Follow the link in the first paragraph for more of them - you could spend hours and possibly days looking around in there. I didn't see anything in a brief perusal about actually preparing for Hurricanes, but I suspect any pre-warning that a storm was a hurricane and not just another tropical storm was probably almost non-existant.

They would technically belong to the surgeon, although he was given money before a naval voyage specifically to buy the proper tools and medicines. Of course, he had to have his stuff inspected before it was loaded on the ship. I seem to recall reading about a surgeon complaining about this and deciding not to allow the Royal College of Surgeons examine his instruments because they were all custom made at his specification and he knew they were good enough for any ship.

This thread may be of interest you if you're willing to put the pieces together, although it doesn't really answer your questions directly: Price and Cost of Day-to-Day Items.

If you haven't already, check out Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. I found it to be pretty entertaining.

Here's another cool one for you, William. St Christopher from Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique, Volume 5, by Jean Baptiste Labat, 1722, p. 58 (I've actually been there - twice, in fact. :) )

Actually, I think throwing things overboard was more of a punishment or cruel joke than a regular behavior. Even individual crews only appear to have done it rarely. "Of these Men they [Edward England's men] enquired concerning the Fleet, supposing they must have been in it; and altho' they protested they had not seen a Ship or Boat since they left Goga, and pleaded very earnestly for Favour; yet they threw all their Cargo over-board, and squezed their Joints in a Vice, to extort Confession : But they entirely ignorant of who or what this Fleet should be, were obliged not only to sustain this Torment, but next Day a fresh easterly Wind having split the Gallivats Sails, they put her Company into the Boat, with nothing but a Trysail, no Provisions, and only four Gallons of Water, (half of it Salt,) and then out of Sight of Land, to shift for themselves." (Johnson, General History, p. 126) "On the same Day also, they [bartholomew Robert's men] took the Flushing, a Dutch Ship, robbed her of Masts, Yards and Stores, and then cut down her Fore-Mast; but what sat as heavily as any thing with the Skipper, was, their taking some fine Sausages he had on Board, of his Wife's making, and stringing them in a ludicrous Manner, round their Neck; till they had sufficiently shewn their Contempt of them, and then threw them into the Sea." (Johnson, General History, p. 258) "Some Days afterwards [Captain Spriggs] in running down to Leeward, they took one Captain Hawkins, coming from Jamaica, loaden chiefly with Logwood; they took out of her. Stores, Arms, Ammunition; and several other Things, as they thought fit, and what they did not want they threw over-board or destroy'd, they cut the Cables to pieces, knocked down the Cabins, broke all the Windows, and in short took all the Pains in the World to be Mischievous." (Johnson, General History, p. 413) (There are, however, a lot more accounts of throwing people overboard.)

I'm fairly certain that I never read a mention of pirates stealing books from period, although that is an excellent observation. I find the whole book-making-selling process from this time period quite fascinating.

West with the Night by Berle Markham and the four years voyages of capt. George Roberts by George Roberts (but certainly NOT by Daniel Defoe no matter what that idiot J.R. Moore said.)

Somewhere on this forum I seem to recall a link to a website that lists goods being imported and exported in England during this time period, but I can't seem to find it. (I'm not certain it would entirely answer your question, but I believe it listed some interesting items.) I did find my own posting of list of commodities being imported into England in this thread. Note that this is not a list of goods being imported exclusively from America, it is simply a list of imported goods. Having no proof I can tangibly point to, I would say America was primarily a source of raw materials as far as England was concerned during the GAoP. Any goods that were not imported from England during this time period would be hand-made by craftsmen who had come to the Colonies to escape something or another in England or to pursue opportunities. This suggests (again, merely pursing logic as I see it) that certain areas would have craftsmen who were good at one thing or another and those things would not be considered as luxurious in that region as in places which there were few such craftsmen. This could include anything - fine tools, dishware, cooking implements, furniture, etc. I would also think any non-necessity would might be considered luxurious in the formative years of the United States. Things might also be be prized due to their maker, craftsmanship, style or design. Non-local spices, which were highly prized in England, would probably be considered luxuries. All of which is vague, I know, but I have read the same thing and it seems to me it mentioned or hinted at a lot of this sort of stuff. What I find interesting about the idea that the Colonists relied upon pirates to get them certain difficult to procure items is that when Johnson lists what the pirates took other than money, it is usually things like sails, wood, clothes, slaves, sugar, foodstuffs, cloth and similar, relatively practical things. Although it also seems to me that he also briefly mentions their rifling of trunks for jewelry and other miscellanea that could be sold on the black-market, so that may hold your answer as well.

Do an image search for 'sloop cross section' and guess what the third entry is? We are the information we have been looking for. (Say, where is the cockpit in this thing, anyhow?)

The term Crow's Nest didn't actually appear until the early 19th century, so that's the wrong term for the GAoP if you're going for accuracy. (Someone once told me it's proper name for our time period, but - going along with the title of this thread - I have long since forgotten it.) Edit - ya' gotta love Google. They're called top castles, preceeded by the name of the mast they're on. So if it's atop the Main Mast, it's the Main Top Castle. If the Mizzen Mast, the MIzzen Top Castle. This actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

This is kind of fun. It's from The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett. Note that this book is a fictional parody of life at sea, so you have to take everything you read in it with at least a grain of salt. (Which is appropriate in this thread, of course.) "The affair being ended, and everything adjusted in the best manner my circumstances would permit the descendant of Caractacus [referring to Mr. Morgan, meaning he is a feisty Welshman as I understand this comment] returned, and ordering the boy to bring a piece of salt beef from the brine, cut off a slice, and mixed it with an equal quantity of onions, which seasoning with a moderate proportion of pepper and salt, he brought it into a consistence with oil and vinegar. Then tasting the dish, assured us, it was the best salmagundy that he had ever made, and recommended it to our palate with such heartiness, that I could not help doing honour to his preparation.But I had no sooner swallowed a mouthful, than I thought my entrails were scorched, and endeavoured, with a deluge of small beer, to allay the heat it occasioned. Supper being over, Mr. Morgan having smoked a couple of pipes, and supplied the moisture he had expended with as many cans of flip, of which we all partook," (Smollett, p. 173)

For fun I started out creating a quick web page the linked pirates to the celebration of Halloween (which is impossible). Then I got all involved in it, being a Halloween fan. So here is the link to my latest addition to the Surgeon's Pages: Pompions and Ghostly Tales in the Golden Age of Pyracy. Enjoy!

I think there are probably period stories about weathering hurricanes in the islands, but this group doesn't generally read those books. Most of our land-based responses seem to have been about how Europe and the Colonies prepared for hurricanes from what I am reading, so no one's really answered your question. (Unless Bo's comments concern the islands.) I still think that people would do what they could - it's simply logical. They would go inside buildings. (Who stands outside during 50+ mph driving winds and rain?) They would choose the strongest building they could. (Who would choose a ramshackle shack in 50+ mph driving winds and rain?) They would probably do the same thing as the sailors - move everything inside and make sure it was secure. (Who want to see a pitchfork coming at them in 50+ mph driving winds and rain? Besides, goods were probably pretty dear on the islands - just like they are today - and there's no sense in letting pitchforks be carried off if you could put them away.) They would probably get their slaves gathered in the safest place they could. (If they had affection for their slaves, this is a foregone conclusion, but even if they were the most callous caricature of a slave owner, who wants to sacrifice slaves to a storm and have to buy new ones afterwards?) If an individual didn't have a good house to take cover in, they would gather in the strongest central building they could find. (Probably a church or possibly a 'factory' [trading storage building] or other public building if they had one.) They would logically do what we still do today. I was looking through Hans Sloane's massive books on Jamaica and the Caribbean last night with this question in mind. While I found some stuff on the weather, I didn't notice anything on hurricanes or preparations for them in particular. Of course, I only got about 150 pages into the first volume - there are 2 volumes and they are both about 1000 pages long. (Sloane tends to focus more on the naturalistic that humanistic, so even if he did comment on hurricanes he may not have mentioned how the islanders prepared for them.) I do know there are other period books on the Caribbean Islands (or America/New Spain/Spanish Main as they are sometimes called) out there. Not personally having much interest in island life, I don't know their names or authors - Sloane's is the only book that interested me enough to take notice of - and that's primarily because he was a physician. I'm sure some research would turn them up, though. Since there are many, many period books now available for free download at sites like archive.org, Google books, Free-eBooks and Project Gutenberg (among other sites), you could probably find some answers if you needed them.

I don't have much interest in the land-side of all this, but there are a bunch of quotes about being at sea during vicious storms. (People on land did what they always did - they coped as best they could.) However, I can't resist posting accounts of what happened at sea, as this was more unique to our sport. “[Oct 9, 1678] All this night, which was exceeding dark, the storm raged furiously. Next day…the sea, which before only seemed to tumble us from mountain to valley and thence to toss us into the clouds, now fell on us downright, for it was now grown all of a breach, as sailors phrase it, so that many times being covered with a sea, we could not hope ever to escape! And if we should hold out till the storms were over, we had been in danger of starving, for all our provisions were quite spoiled, our compass staved, and everything else so disordered that, if we should be kept off from land by 3 or 4 days longer, we must have perished, without a miracle, having eaten nor drank anything these two days; only I had in a locker 3 bottles of Punch, which we did now and then take a very little of to moisten our mouths. And now the night came on, and with it our danger increased, for we were continually forced to pump and bail out the water, which rendered this night very dismal and tediously obstreperous, especially to me, who was forced for my own security to trust the helm in no other hand but my own, so that I was continually wet from head to foot, and what was worse than that, the want of sleep, for I durst not close mine eyes, except I intended to shut them for ever! In this condition the morning (10th) arose, and although it brought us light which is some help and comfort in such dangers, yet could we not by it see any probability of evading, for the storm still persecuted us, so that being now almost quite tired and spent, when rubbing of my eyes and looking out sharp, I spied land or rather hills of sand, which I knew to be the dunes of Holland, and withal saw that I could not avoid running ashore, for now the wind was at N.W. and no harbour within 5 or 6 leagues on either hand, and the tide of flood and sea together setting in so fast, that we struck aground before I was willing, it being about half a mile from the shore.” (Jeremy Roch, Three Sea Journals of Stuart Times,. Bruce S. Ingram, Ed., p. 103-4) “[1680] And we stayed a long time for our lading [in Jamaica], at last there arrived a ship which had loaded at Barbados, with two more; and having been out of Barbados two days, did meet with a ‘harey-cane’ or storm of wind, which blew so fiercely, and continued so long that she was forced to cut her mainmast and mizenmast by the board, having much water in the hold, which had spoil’d all the lower tier of sugar and done them a great deal of damage’ and she was forced to bear up for Jamaica to repair again and get a new mast. She was doubting the other two ships in her company were both lost in the storm, they being deep laden and but old ships: but about four days afterward there arrived one of the ships in a miserable condition, having lost all her masts and thrown overboard a great deal of her lading and her guns, above half her lading being lost, she having made a very narrow escape and with great difficulty arrived at Jamaica; but the other ship she did verily believe was lost, having a many passengers on board; which proved true, for she was never after heard of, ship and men and all being lost in that extremity of weather.” (Edward Barlow, Barlow’s Journal of his Life at Sea in King’s Ships, East and West Indiamen & Other Merchantman From 1659 to 1703, Volume I, 1659-1677, p. 332) “[1690] In this stress of weather our three cables broke, and we did drive foul of one of the men-of-war, and had we been eight feet more northerly we had presently sunk by her side, and a thousand pound to a penny we had all been drowned. We cut down our mainmast; and our long-boat, breaking away from our stern, sank…” (Barlow, p. 406) “[1690] And coming into the Downs, we heard the sad complaints of the great losses many people sustained, there being near twenty ships which were sunk and drove ashore, and a hundred dead people taken up amongst the strand… …there being many ships which were outer-bound which had lost their masts in the Downs and were forced to go up the river again to new fit their ships, many losing their voyage by it. The like storm had not been known in many years before… In all this storm and when we ran ashore, our ship proved well and tight, and her greatest damage was in the loss of her masts and sails, rigging and anchors, the goods not much damnified but what was before we came into the Downs, in the bad weather on our passage.” (Barlow, p. 409) “[1702] And the 26th day at night began a violent storm, which all England hath great cause to remember. And as for our ship, we escaped very narrowly, losing one of our anchors and drove with our sheet anchor and small bower ahead, and our best bower cable broke, and near to the ‘Shew’ and Blacktail Sands in a dismal condition we cut all our masts by the board, all things appearing as dismal as death; having drove three or four miles, and had we drove less than half a mile further, we had certainly been all lost and not one man saved. And in the morning, seeing swimming by us masts, yards, and sails, and wrecks of ships. And we lay two days in that condition, nobody coming near us. And then had we lost two boats and the lives of twenty-four men in them, some of the best men we had in the ship. And making what shift we could in getting small masts up, we turned up to the Buoy of the Nore, having then moderate weather; there, hearing of very great loss and damage amongst the ships in the Down, losing four third-rate frigates, the Mary, Rear-Admiral of the Blue, and all her men lost except one or two, and the ships Northumberland, Restoration, and Starling Castle, some of them losing most of their men; and a great many merchant ships: and at the Buoy of the Nore a bomb-ketch and several small ships and men lost: the Weymouth frigate driving out of Sheerness, cut all her masts by the board: and two or three at Portsmouth: the Resolution and Newcastle and the Vigo frigate upon the coast of Holland; and in that storm the Queen lost ten men-of-war, some ships being overset in the Hope and river of Thames: and great damage was done upon the land by the high winds. England receiving much damage in most places. [Footnote 1: In this terrible storm 15 men of war, 300 merchantmen and upwards of 6000 seamen were lost. The Eddystone lighthouse together with its ingenious architect Mr Winstanley was totally destroyed. 400 windmills were either blown down or took fire, through the violence with which they were driven round by the wind. 19,000 trees were blown down in Kent and 4000 in New Forest. In London, 800 houses collapsed in ruins and 2000 chimney stacks fell. And the loss of life through the Southern Counties was as great as if it had been a West Indian hurricane.]" (Barlow, p. 552-3) “In Anno 1703 I was bound from Surat to Amoy {Xiamen], and off the Maccao Islands, in the Month of August, I met with a severe Hurricane. We had visible Signs of an approaching Storm before it came, the air was in great Agitation by much Lightning continually flashing, but no Thunder nor Rain. We prepared for its coming from Noon to Sunset, making every Thing in the Ship fast, our Yards lowered as low as conveniently they could be, and our Sails made fast with Coils of small Ropes, besides their usual furling Lines. At Nine in the Night it laid our Ship’s Gunnel under Water, and I wisht our Main-mast had been away, which about Ten was effected, and it carried our Mizzen-mast along with it. On its going over board our Ship came to Rights a little, and her lee Gunnel was clear of the Water, but much Water getting down at the Hatches, we had five Foot Water in the Ship, and no Possibility of getting it out by pumping, for our Main-mast breaking in the Parteners of the Upper Deck, disabled both our Pumps. About Midnight we had cleared the Ship of the Main and Mizzen-masts, but cutting the Rigging that kept them fast to the Ship. By this time the Wind had shifted from North-east to South-east, and had rather increased than aswaged, and those two Winds had put the Sea in two violent Motions, however, we got our Ship before the Wind, but broaching too brought her Head almost to the Sea, which met her so Violently, that it broke quite over the Ship, carrying away our Fore-mast and Boltsprit, two Anchors from the lee Bough, three great Guns of twenty two Hundred each, with our Pinnace and Yole. We soon cleared ourselves of the Anchors, by cutting the Cables, and, before Day, we were quite of our Fore-mast and Boltsprit. About Eight in the Morning the Storm abated, but between seventy and eighty bruised and wounded, who were carefully drest by our Surgeons, and all recovered.” (Alexander Hamilton, British sea-captain Alexander Hamilton's A new account of the East Indies, 17th-18th century, p. 485-6)

There was a big storm in around 1703 or so and most of the ships that survived rode the storm out at sea. The ships that stayed in port were run up on land and destroyed.

Don't get me wrong - I'm actually very glad you posted it because I'm fairly certain the writer researched her topic well enough that she could authoritatively state that there are no extant plans or images, saving me from pursuing that particular line of inquiry. It just annoys me when a topic that could be written about clearly and concisely is intentionally buried in verbose academic crap because professors reward such pretentious writing. Then what should be interesting reading becomes tiresome wading. You can figure it out, but it requires far more mental hoop-jumping than necessary.