LORD AMHERST

The 24 gun English armed transport, Lord Amherst, has proved to be an elusive vessel to research. Lloyds List did not survive for the year 1778, and indexes to the London Times do not start until 1785. We also found no listing of her in printed sources for the Navy. Treasure hunter, Teddy Tucker, in his wreck map of Bermuda, lists her as being wrecked on February 16,1778. Teddy goes on to say that she was enroute from Jamaica to London, under the command of Captain Francis John Hartwell. She was being used as a hospital ship to carry injured sailors from the Revolutionary War back to England.

Today, the Lord Amherst sits on a western reef in20 feet of water just south of the L'Herminie.

The information listed above was taken with permission from the Book:
BERMUDA SHIPWRECKS,  ISBN # 0-9616167-4-1
A Vacationing Divers Guide to Bermudas Shipwrecks,
by Dan and Denise Berg, 6x9 softcover,73 pages.
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