Maritime record MWX1866 - Johanna Elizabeth (John and Elizabeth)

`Falmouth January 15th: On Friday 9th inst. a Swedish galliot called the JOHANNA ELIZABETH laden with brandy, wine and salt was wrecked on Abbotsbury Bay. Two men were drowned. Five men and a boy saved. (2) `The JOHN AND ELIZABETH, Broderson, from St. Martins to Bergen, was wrecked 9th instant near Weymouth. (3) NB: The departure point would appear to be St.-Martin-de-Re, on the Bordeaux coast, from the description of the cargo. Master: Broderson Crew: 8 Crew Lost: 2 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, 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.

<2> Sherbourne Mercury, p4, 19-JAN-1807 (Serial). SWX4820.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 13-JAN-1807, No.4117 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 504 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, 2014, The Portland Shipwreck and Maritime Incident Directory (Monograph). SDO14012.

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Jun 19 2015 12:28PM