Maritime record MDO47933 - Unidentified 1670 Cargo vessel

1670 wreck of cargo vessel which stranded in West Bay, in company with an English barque, also lost at the same time. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Status: Casualty

The third of three ships apparently lost at the same time and place:

'Dec.19. Lyme. Ant Thorold to Hickes. A barque of Lyme, from Croisic with salt has been cast away at Bridport Creek, and two of her men drowned. She came out with two others, who are also supposed to be lost...' (5)

'Letter from Anthony Thorold to Hickes...she [the English barque] came in with two others who are also supposed to be lost.' (1)(3) [NB: This source contains an entry for the English barque only.]

Three merchant sailing vessels including an English barque registered in Lyme Regis and carrying salt, wrecked off West Bay. (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Reporting date of loss

The building date for this vessel is an estimate based on an average age at wrecking of twenty years. This average is derived from those vessels wrecked on the Dorset coast whose age at wrecking is known.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, 13 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<3> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<4> Scott, G, 2006, West Bay, Dorset. Undesignated Site Assessment, Final Report, 21 (Unpublished document). SDO15144.

<5> Calendar of State Papers Domestic, Charles II, 1670, December 1670, No. 53, 19-DEC-1670, p 585 (Monograph). SWX4893.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1448334 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 3:46PM