Maritime record MWX1709 - Effort 1810

The EFFORT, Thomas, of and for Sunderland, from Topsham, was driven on shore on Portland Beach during a violent gale on Monday. The crew and materials saved. (2) Wind conditions at Deal on the 13th given as `W, blows very strong. (3)

Master: Thomas

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, 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, p28 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 17-AUG-1810, No.4485 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 14-AUG-1810, No.4484 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 509 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1149365 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 18 2023 4:52PM