Maritime record MWX1569 - Thomas and Kate

`...having just landed a cargo of potatoes at Bridport and loaded sand for London, this vessel put back to sea just as a gale came on. She was driven ashore at East Cliff and became a total wreck. The captain, two men and a boy were all saved by being hauled up the cliff by means of a coastguard cliff rescue apparatus. (1)(2) Built: 1868 Builder: Le Sueur Where Built: Jersey Master: T Luen Crew: 4 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCE 14 03 1876(R); LR 1874 5 No 250(T)

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<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 732 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901132 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 8:59AM