The pilot and master assured Captain Rennie that there was no danger, and that the ship must have struck upon a lately formed KNOWL.
"Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849"
William O. S. Gilly
Fortunately a fishing-smack had come near the Invincible a short time before, and Admiral Totty learnt from her master that the ship had struck upon Hammond's KNOWL; whereupon the admiral requested that the smack might be anchored as near as possible, so as to be ready in case of emergency.
"Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849"
William O. S. Gilly