Lots of wreck reports for the Mosquito Inlet area...here are just a couple of entries from my book ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLORIDA SHIPWRECKS, VOLUME I: ATLANTIC COAST that might be worth considering due to the location or date...
AMOS BIRDSALL
As reported in
The Sailor’s Magazine and Naval Journal, Volume 19, the schooner
Amos Birdsall, of New York, from Philadelphia for Brazos, Santiago, went ashore four miles south of Mosquito Inlet on January 28, 1847.
BETSEY (1787)
The sloop
Betsey, Captain Grant, en route from Nassau, Bahamas to Florida, was reportedly lost on the Mosquito Bar (Ponce de Leon Inlet) on October 25, 1787; of the 16 souls onboard, only 4 escaped with their lives
[1].
[1] London Chronicle, April 3, 1788.
DOVE
The November 18, 1773, loss of the slaver
Dove was documented on March 10, 1774, in the
Virginia Gazette, which stated, “December 28. On the 18th ultimo, in the night, the schooner
Dove, from Africa for St. Augustine, was entirely lost on the coast of East Florida, about a league to the south of Smyrna. The master, two seamen, and about 80 slaves (out of 100 on board) were drowned; the rest swam ashore.” The schooner
Dove immediately went to pieces.
ECHO (1844A)
As documented in
The Sailor’s Magazine and Naval Journal, Volume 17 (1844), “Schooner
Echo, Hastings, from Savannah, for Turks Island, in ballast, was wrecked night 17th June on Mosquito Bar, Florida. Vessel total loss.”
ECHO (1844B)
A December 21, 1844, dispatch from St. Augustine stated the schooner
Echo, Captain Snow, with a cargo of live oak bound for Norfolk, was lost on the bar off New Smyrna on December 14, 1844. The schooner was departing and within 100 yards of the bar when one of the blocks on the lee fore brace parted, allowing the topsail to fly into the wind, which set her on the south breakers. While the crew was saved, the vessel and cargo were a total loss
[1].
[1] Lochhead, 1954:74.
Cheers,
Mike
