Maritime record MWX1791 - Dispatch 1800

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Summary

British vessel wrecked on the rocks near Weymouth, November 1800.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`Portsmouth 10...the gale of Sunday last... (2) `The DISPATCH, Notter, from Guernsey, is lost on the rocks near Weymouth. Master and one man lost. (2)

Master: Notter
Crew Lost: 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> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 11-NOV-1800, No.4101 (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 495 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 27 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900773 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 11-NOV-1800, No.4101.
  • <3> 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.
  • <4> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 495.
  • <5> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 27.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900773.

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Location

Grid reference SY 68750 78890 (point)
Map sheet SY67NE

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0144
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NE 91
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900773

Record last edited

Feb 20 2024 7:04AM

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