Maritime record MWX1556 - Unidentified 1753 e Sloop

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Summary

Sloop, 1753

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 Undesignated Site Assessment, Final Report, 21 (Unpublished document).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> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 19-JAN-1753, No.1788.
  • <3> 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> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900480.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Scott, G. 2006.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)
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

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