Maritime record MWX1787 - Fame 1799

`The FAME, Kelton, from Newcastle to Weymouth, is on shore near Weymouth, and bilged. (2) Stranded/Total Loss (3) Source (3) derives the reporting date of the loss as 08-FEB-1799; source (2) is in fact earlier, 05-FEB-1799. Master: Kelton 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, 05-FEB-1799, No.3054 (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> Newcastle Courant, 09-FEB-1799, No.6383 p4 (Serial). SDO20502.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 480 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900758 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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