Remarks On Bd His Majys Ship Mercury [off Norfolk]

Middl [part] Fresh Gales and Squaly W[eathe]r Lattr Strong gales and Squaley with Constant rain

at ½ past nine [A.M.] Bitted the Sheet Cable with a Range Struck Top Gallt Masts and Loward the lower Yards

Violent hard Squalls with heavy Rain at ½ past Noon the Ship brought home the best B[owe]r Anchor and Drove into 2½ fatham water, got the Messenger to the Smal B[owe]r and hove the Ship into the Stream Got the Top Gallt Masts Down on Deck and Struck the Top Masts, got the lower Yards fore and Aft and Made all as Snugg as possible Strong gales with Verry heavey Squals & Rain at 5 found the Ship Drove let go the Sheet Anchor but the Ship Not bringing up Drove on Shore on Portsmouth Point got Som of the guns over on the Starbord Side to heel the Ship into the Bank at 8 hove up the Sheet Anchor and it being high water began to heave on the Small Bower to heave the Ship off the Ground but the Violence of the wind continuing, and The Sea breaking over the Ship prevented her getting off, got Som Moor of the guns over on the Starbord Side, Hoisted the Longboat up in the Starbord Yard Takles to keep the Ship with the heel in to the Bank Stove Started and hove over board into the Sea and was unavidably Lost all the Middle Tier of water the following Provisions, Casks and Iron Hoops in Order to Lighten the Ship She being in great Danger, (Viz.) Bread Twenty Baggs Containing two Thousand one hundred pounds ー Beer thirten punchions Containing Nine hundred and Thirty Galls with one hundred & Four Iron hoops ー Rum Three punchions Containing two hundred and Sixten Gallons with Twenty Four Iron Hoops ー Beef one Harnass Cask being a punchion with Eight Iron Hoops and Contained one hundred and thirty one peices pork one Harnass Cask being a punchon with Eight Iron Hoops and Contained Two hundred and Three peices. Butter Eight Firkens Containing Six hundred and Twenty pounds, ー Cask Punchons with Eight Iron Hoops each Nine Tons Hogsheads with Eight Iron Hoops each Eight Tuns Barrals with Eight Iron Hoops each Twelve Tuns ー Loos[e] Iron Hoops Two hundred and Seven, From Eight to twelve Do Weather at Low water had but Three feet water the Insid of the Ship,