Maritime record MWX1792 - Norwich

`...struck on the anchor of another ship and sank. (3) `The NORWICH PACKET, Johnson, is got into Weymouth, full of water, having struck on an anchor at the entrance to that port. (2) Master: Johnson Date of Loss Qualifier: A

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, 20-JUL-1802, No.4274 (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> Sherbourne Mercury, p4, 19-JUL-1802 (Serial). SWX4820.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 500 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900778 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 8:56AM