A prize ship taken at Santo Domingo was later abandoned
Evidence
The New Year’s Gift (no. 27} was taken at Santo Domingo and later abandoned. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2044
Categorization
- SEED: A captured ship taken in the West Indies then abandoned is a strong writerly detail about the fleet’s disposable relationship to its vessels.
- QUESTION: Why was it abandoned — too slow, too damaged, or deliberately scuttled (possibly as a fireship precursor)? Worth investigating.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2044