Maritime record MWX1553 - Lancelot
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Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Year Built: 1870 Crew: 2 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Stranded / Total Loss. (2)
Spritsail barge, carrying cement, lost West Bay near Portland. (3)
The Lancelot was a spritsail barge which ran ashore in bad weather on 27th November 1909, just to the west of the harbour piers at West Bay. Her rigging was much damaged, but she was otherwise intact. At the next spring tide she was towed of the beach and round into West Bay harbour where she was repaired.(5)
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: Southern Times or Weymouth and Portland Gazette, 04.12.1909(R); Weymouth Library photo.L910.4.LA6; Bridport Museum painting by Payne P E
<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.
<2> 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.
<3> Board of Trade, 1911, Parliamentary papers 1911, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1909 (Table 1 Vol 72), p111(159) (Monograph). SWX5548.
<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 900 (Digital archive). SWX8707.
<5> Le Pard, G F, 2005, Shipwrecks of the Dorset Coast (Monograph). SDO9637.
<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 892054 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX4541 Monograph: 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.
- <3> SWX5548 Monograph: Board of Trade. 1911. Parliamentary papers 1911, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1909 (Table 1 Vol 72). Vol 72. p111(159).
- <4> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 900.
- <5> SDO9637 Monograph: Le Pard, G F. 2005. Shipwrecks of the Dorset Coast.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 892054.
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Location
Grid reference | SY 46110 90200 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY49SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0342
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SE 86
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 892054
Record last edited
Feb 16 2024 11:52AM