Maritime record MWX1565 - Marie Leocardie

` - she struck during a gale when the sea filled her hold and she sank. Her cargo was saved but the wreck quickly accumulated a sand bank and for two weeks until the wreckage could be cleared, she blocked all traffic in and out. (3) Year Built: 1851 Where Built: Quebec Master: J Sternbridge Additional Construction Details: part iron bolts Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC.06.02.1868(Thu)(R) LR 1866 No 334(M)

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

<2> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, p28 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 696 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901099 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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