Maritime record MWX1883 - Prosperous

`Went ashore leaving Weymouth harbour and now lies up to her gunnel in water, her cargo damaged and it is feared she will be lost. (1)(3) `The PROSPEROUS, Beal, from Chichester for Falmouth, going out of Weymouth, run aground, and was up to her gunnel in water, so that all her cargo is damaged. (2) Master: Beal (2); Beale (3) Date of Loss Qualifier: R

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, 25-SEP-1744, No.923 (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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 353 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900453 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 19 2024 4:46PM