Maritime record MWX1921 - St Peter

`On Friday last the 1st inst. was drove on shore near Weymouth, the ST PETER, Wilson, loaded with stones for London; there were two men and two boys on board, who all perished with the cold. (1) Source (2) expresses 01-JAN-1768 as the reporting date of loss. Master: Wilson Crew: 4 Crew Lost: 4 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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 05-JAN-1768, No.3335 (Serial). SWX8434.

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 397 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1229986 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 19 2024 4:41PM