Maritime record MWX1843 - Polly 1789

`Sherbourne March 2nd: Monday last the sloop POLLY of this port, Elias Jarvis, master, from Plymouth with lime stones, bound hither, was driven on shore on Foreland Beach near Abbotsbury and presently went to pieces. We are sorry to add that none of the crew were saved. (2) Master: Elias Jarvis Crew Lost: All Date of Loss Qualifier: R

Vessel was reported lost on 26-FEB-1789

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, 02-MAR-1789 (Serial). SWX4820.

<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 438 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900548 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:37PM