Maritime record MWX1618 - Sampson

Master: Captain Edmund Button, RN Built: 1652 Armament: 32 cannon Armament: 26 cannon (4) Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A One of eleven Kings ships and thirty merchantmen lost in the battle between Blake and Van Tromp which took place off Portland. The battle lasted three days, for which a special naval medal was struck. The SAMPSON was so disabled during the fight that her crew were taken out and she was allowed to sink. She had previously been taken as a prize vessel. (3) Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: C.SP.Dom.1654 p584 SDNQ Vol. XIII p57 8

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

<2> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, p13 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<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> Hepper, David J, 1994, British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859, p1-2 (Monograph). SWX4575.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 324 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

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Feb 18 2004 3:24PM