Maritime record MWX1785 - Mermaid 1798

`The MERMAID, Stephens, under repairs at Weymouth, is sunk in the harbour. (2) Vessel appears in the arrivals list at Weymouth in the LL. issue of 23-JAN-1798, from Waterford, `after being on shore off Portland. (4) Source (3) expresses Weymouth as the port of departure. Master: Stephens Date of Loss Qualifier: R

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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 16-FEB-1798, No.2983 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> 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.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 23-JAN-1798, No.2981 (Serial). SWX8434.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 473 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900586 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2024 4:41PM