Maritime record MWX1765 - Unidentified 1824 f Cargo Vessel

`Weymouth, 1st Dec. Part of the wreck of a large vessel was thrown on shore this morning, abreast of the Bill of Portland, and the sea is covered with puncheons and beams. Some pieces of nankeen have come on shore. About four feet of the masts of a large ship appear out of water abreast of the lower light house. (1) `A two-decked foreign ship, under jury masts, was seen on the 29th ult. about eight leagues to the southward of the Start, standing about NE apparently about to make the land, and is supposed to be the vessel which went to pieces on Portland on that or the following day. Construction: 2 decks; jury-rigged Date of Loss Qualifier: A (2)

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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 03-DEC-1824, No.5965 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 14-DEC-1824, No.5968 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1352288 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 15 2024 4:41PM