Maritime record MWX1583 - Fox 1824

`Bridport, 24th Nov:...the following losses from the gale of yesterday...to the westward...FOX revenue cruiser, with two of her crew. (1) Was lost in `a great gale. (3) Source (2) gives the position of loss as west of Lyme Regis. Crew Lost: 2 Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Described as a British sailing vessel/revenue cruiser lost west of Bridport, and possibly west of Lyme Regis. (6)

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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 26-NOV-1824, No.5963 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p18 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<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 547 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Le Pard, G F, 1999, The Great Storm of 1824. (Article in serial). SWX7729.

<6> Scott, G, 2006, West Bay, Dorset. Undesignated Site Assessment, Final Report, 23 (Unpublished document). SDO15144.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175794 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2024 5:05PM