Maritime record MWX1648 - Phoenix 1923

Master: Mitchell Crew: 3 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Drove ashore on the outer arm of the breakwater close to the wreck of the SCANDANAVIA, when her chain anchor cable parted. Her captain burnt six flares for assistance, and a tug came out and took her in tow but the line parted and she went on the rocks. (1)(2) Additional source: Southern Times 24 02 1923®

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> 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 978 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900886 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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