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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

British transport Emperor of Russia lost according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haarlemse Courant dated 10 November 1807

An item dated Amsterdam 8 November reported that on 6 November at the Westeinde in the Vlie the British transport Empereur of Russie [Emperor of Russia?] master W. Lelcister [Leicester?] stranded. She was loaded with meat, bacon, bread, rum, butter and flour and was part of a fleet of 525 warships and transports. Her crew of 19 men was saved.