Maritime record MWX1918 - Louisa

`Weymouth, 25th Nov. We have experienced one of the severest hurricanes that ever visited this coast...Part of a vessel marked George Judd, Portsmouth, and LOUISA, Cudmore, has been washed on shore. (1) `Dreadful effects of the late tempest: ...Weymouth - ...The LOUISA smack of Exeter is totally lost. Codner, the master, is saved - two men drowned. (5) Master: Cudmore (1); Codner (5) Crew Lost: 2 Date of Loss Qualifier: A
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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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 26-NOV-1824, No.5963 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 49, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4562.

<3> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p18 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<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> Sherbourne Mercury, p3, 29-NOV-1824 (Serial). SWX4820.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 550 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Le Pard, G F, 1999, The Great Storm of 1824. (Article in serial). SWX7729.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175795 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 22 2024 1:42PM