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The names have been extracted from a contemporary account held at the Portland Library, Easton, Dorset. 402 persons were listed as being either Passengers or Crew onboard the East Indiaman, Earl of Abergavenny on the night of 5 February 1805, when she grounded on the Shambles and subsequently sank before she was able to make shore.
King's Troop 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons - 11 (4 saved - 7 drowned) 24th Regiment of Light Dragoons - 14 (10 saved - 4 drowned) 22nd Regiment of Infantry 20 (7 saved - 13 drowned) There were also 32 Chinese onboard of whom 15 were saved The Court of Directors, ever anxious to alleviate the pressure of misfortune "Resolved unanimously 'that in consideration of the severe loss in baggage and passage money, experienced by the undermentioned Cadets of India, saved from the wreck of the Earl of Abergavenny - viz They be presented with the sum of one hundred pounds each, upon taking their passage to proceed to India according to their destination |