Maritime record MWX1788 - Resolution

`The RESOLUTION, Davis, from Poole to Bristol, was taken on Sunday last near Weymouth. (2) [NB: Source (2) is named as the basis of the record but makes no mention of the loss of the vessel.] Stranded/Total Loss (3) Master: Davis 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, 22-NOV-1799, No.4015 (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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 489 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900766 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 3:18PM