Fate
Hinchinbrook left Port Royal, Jamaica on 18 January 1782 and almost immediately started to take on water. The next day Markham decided to try to get to St Anne’s Bay, Jamaica but as she approached the harbour she stopped responding to the helm and she ran aground on a reef east of the harbour. Despite numerous efforts, her crew was unable to get her over or off the reef. A schooner came alongside and took off her guns, some stores, and her crew. She then sank that night.
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