Maritime record MWX1625 - Katherine

` - and whereas some of the country people did not only imbezle and carry away ye chesnutts, but beat and abuse ye officers in ye execution of their dutyes, we desire you to send up to us particular proof, upon oath, against some of the most notorious offenders and we will endeavour to make them examples for deterring others from the like barbarous practices. (1) 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> 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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 349 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900449 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 12 2023 1:43PM