Maritime record MWX1877 - Moth 1913

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Summary

English cutter, 1913

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Crew: 3 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Stranded/ Total loss.(2) Weymouth cruising, stranded 2 miles off Osmington, Weymouth Bay.(3)

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.

Net tonnage


Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 910 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 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.

<3> Board of Trade, 1914, Parliamentary papers 1914, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1912-1913, pp100(443) (Monograph). SWX5308.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 910.
  • <1> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> 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.
  • <3> Monograph: Board of Trade. 1914. Parliamentary papers 1914, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1912-1913. Vol 70. pp100(443).

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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 0409
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NE 70
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 892066

Record last edited

Feb 16 2024 2:37PM

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