The Count by Mark Antony Raines .Chapter 2

Dracula  is aboards  the Russian ship, the Demeter, taking along with him his wooden coffin  which due to his vampire curse contains Transylvanian soil, which gives him the ability to  regain his strength.
Whilst on the Demeter the crew like all seafarers grumble among themselves ,and grow restless as some believe the item to be cursed and the captain should have refused the coffin to be part of the cargo.
Day blends into plutonium darkness Keith only the twinkling of the stars above to break it.
The night watchman heard a dull swish and before he can perceive what the sound was,Dracula is standing over him sinking his fangs into his neck bleeding every drop of his crimson iron rich blood and draining his life force away.
A orb like light leaves his lastest  victim ,this turns Not black and disappears.

Not long afterward, the ship having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby in the east coast of England.
The ship is found by a group of smugglers who watch the shores for such events to loot them of their treasures.
One of the motley members of the smugglers finds the  captain's log  which their read out of human curiosity the log narrates the gradual disappearance of the entire crew, until the captain alone remained, himself bound to the helm to maintain course.
With this the member turns to regale it back to his fellows but he is set upon by a large animal with fangs and bat like  wings ,all the others are set upon and ripped apart,blood drained,souls sent to hell.
 The  ship's cargo is described as silver sand and 50 boxes of "mould", or earth, from Transylvania.
 Dracula successfully purchased multiple estates under the alias 'Count De Ville' throughout London  thanks to Jonathan  and already devised to distribute the 50 boxes to each of them utilizing transportation services as well as moving them himself.
He does this to secure for himself "lairs" and the 50 boxes of earth would be used as his graves which would grant safety and rest during times of feeding and replenishing his strength.