Maritime record MWX1666 - Amelia

The vessel was carrying granite for the construction of the Needles lighthouse. She foundered at night off Portland, crew saved. (1)(2)

`LYMINGTON, 7th July: A punt, 10 feet long, marked inside AMELIA, of Lyme, Samuel Searle, containing a leg of mutton quite fresh, a few steaks cut from it, a cull, a ladder, pump hook, empty water keg, and a small tackle, has been picked up by the MARIA, Hincks, arrived off Jack. Weymouth, 7th July: The AMELIA, of Lyme, Southcombe, from Plymouth for the Needles lighthouse, with granite, foundered off Portland last night; crew saved. (3) Sources (1) and (2) give the date of loss as 02-JUL-1857, and appear to interpret the masters name as the destination of the vessel. Built: 1817 Master: Samuel Searle (3); Southcombe (3)

<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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 09-JUL-1857, No.13501 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 654 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 7 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901074 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 25 2024 4:50PM