Maritime record MWX1556 - Unidentified 1753 e Sloop
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Summary
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Master: Morley Date of Loss Qualifier: R (1)
`...is lost near Bridport. (2) Stranded/Total Loss (3)
NB: Source (3) conventionally lists tar and oil under the generic heading "oil, coal-tar", which is repeated in (4).
English merchant sailing vessel (sloop) on passage from Liverpool to London and carrying sugar and oil coal-tar, stranded/total loss near Bridport. (4)
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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 19-JAN-1753, No.1788 (Serial). SWX8434.
<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.
<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900480 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
<5> Scott, G, 2006, West Bay, Dorset. Undesignated Site Assessment, Final Report, 21 (Unpublished document). SDO15144.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 19-JAN-1753, No.1788.
- <3> 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.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900480.
- <5> SDO15144 Unpublished document: Scott, G. 2006. West Bay, Dorset. Undesignated Site Assessment, Final Report. 21.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
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 0887
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SE 89
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900480
Record last edited
Feb 13 2024 4:29PM