Wordsworth, out of 402 people on board. Her complement for this voyage consisted of 160 officers and crew. She also carried 159 troops, from both the British Army and East India Company. Forty passengers were listed as being at the Captain's table, while 11 were listed as being at the Third Mate's table. In addition, there were 32 Chinese passengers. Her loss was due to the pilot's incompetence. After she struck on the Shambles she was got off, but sank as Wordsworth attempted to sail her onto the beach. Wordsworth stayed at his post and went down with his ship. About 90 to 100 people survived the sinking. The total value of Earl of Abergavennys cargo was estimated to be £200,000. It consisted of porcelain and some £70,000 in specie. The EIC put the value of the cargo it had lost at £79,710. Subsequent salvage attempts recovered the specie, which was in the form of 62 chests of dollars. By October 1807 almost all the valuable property had been recovered, including 30 pipes of wine. In September 1812 the wreck was blown up under water to prevent her forming a dangerous shoal. Archaeology Earl of Abergavenny lies in 16 m (50 ft) of water and less than from the beach at Weymouth. There are several rows of wooden posts sticking out of the sand. Visibility is rarely more than 5 m (16 ft). The temperature ranges from 6 to 22 °C depending on the season. In 2005 the Weymouth LUNAR Society received the Nautical Archaeology Society's Adopt-a-Wreck award for their underwater archaeology work in surveying, monitoring and interpreting this shipwreck. The ship featured in the Channel 4 series Wreck Detectives. In July 2022, a rare ingot of Cornish tin salvaged from the shipwreck was auctioned for £2,400. See also Not to be confused with her namesake and predecessor, transferred to the Navy in 1795 as Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References Royal Commission on Opium (1895) First Report of the Royal Commission on Opium: With Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, Volume 7, Part 2 (H.M. Stationery Office). External links Excavation of the Wreck Site Individual sailing vessels Shipwrecks in the English Channel Maritime incidents in 1805 Ships of the British East India Company Archaeology of shipwrecks 1796 ships Age of Sail merchant ships Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Disasters in Dorset