Maritime record MWX1718 - Unidentified 1666

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Summary

Craft, 1666 Loss Date: 01/12/1666

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`Dec.1, Weymouth:...The storm began on Tuesday, wind SW, and was very violent...Great pieces of wreck float about, supposed to belong to some vessel cast away in Portland Race. Date of Loss Qualifier: R (1)

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> Calendar of State Papers Domestic, Vol 6 p307 (Monograph). SWX4893.

<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> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1180613 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Calendar of State Papers Domestic. Vol 6 p307.
  • <2> Monograph: 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.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1180613.

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Location

Grid reference SY 68090 66850 (point)
Map sheet SY66NE

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0857
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 148
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1180613

Record last edited

Apr 11 2024 3:01PM

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