Maritime record MWX1541 - Mary and Elizabeth

`Lyme, Nov.24th: On Monday night a most dreadful gale commenced from the SW. Yesterday morning it continued with unabated fury; the tide being unusually high and a tremendous sea, the walls of the harbour began to give way, which falling on the moorings of the vessels, chased them off, by which means every vessel and boat was carried out of the harbour. The MARY AND ELIZABETH, Guernsey Trader, on shore between here and Charmouth; crew saved; cargo discharging. (1) Cargo consisted of sailcloth. (4) Master: Camplin Date of Loss Qualifier: A

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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 26-NOV-1824, No.5963 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 49, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4562.

<3> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<4> 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.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 551 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> Le Pard, G F, 1999, The Great Storm of 1824. (Article in serial). SWX7729.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175843 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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