Very many thanks, everyone.
Yes, I think they were smugglers, Jane - "Perish’d at Sea on the coast of Scotland in a Storm". This, and the Latin following it, was written in the Maughold parish register when recording the burials on Oct 23 1755 of these men:
John WOODS
William MARTIN
Martin CORKIL
David LAWSON
Daniel KNEEN
James KILLEY
Thos COWLE
John COWLE
Wm CROW
John GELL
Thos CLARK
Wm CAIN

Sue