Maritime record MWX1579 - Deux Amie (Deux Amies)

The DEUX AMIE, Kemp, from Westerwick in Sweden to Nantz, is on shore near Bridport. The cargo will be saved. (2) Stranded / Total Loss (3) Source (3) spells the name of the vessel incorrectly as DUEX AMIE; nor is the name in source (2) correct French, so alternative versions as DEUX AMIS/DEUX AMIES have been given. Master: Kemp Date of Loss Qualifier: R

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, 05-MAR-1773 (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.

<4> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 26 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1146036 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 9:24AM