Maritime record MWX1841 - Amsterdam

Weymouth February 15th: On the 13th inst. was driven on shore on the beach near Bexington a brigantine, burthen about 200 tons, called the AMSTERDAM belonging to Stockholm, Peter Dallstraturn master, from Carcello near Naples, bound to London laden with Belvidera raisins, very few of which will be saved owing to the ships going to pieces as soon as she struck. Crew consisted of the master, 9 marines and an English gentleman, a passenger of the name of Rilan belonging to Plymouth. The master, 3 of the men and the passenger were drowned. (2) `The AMSTERDAM, Dahlstrom, from Naples to London, is entirely lost near Weymouth; the master, four of the crew, and a passenger were drowned. (3) Master: Peter Dallstratum (2); Dahlstrom (3); Peter Dallsratun (4) Crew: 10 Crew Lost: 4 Passengers: 1 Passengers Lost: 1

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> Sherbourne Mercury, p2, 19-FEB-1781 (Serial). SWX4820.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 20-FEB-1781, No.1243 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> 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.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 423 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 7 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900535 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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