Maritime record MWX1922 - Unidentified 1824 a

Date of Loss Qualifier: A `Bridport, 24th Nov: I have to inform you of the following losses from the gale of yesterday...I am also informed of the total loss of a large ship further to the eastward [of Abbotsbury]... (1) Stranded/Total Loss. (2) During the great gale of 23-NOV a ship of 500 tons burden was seen to go down near Weymouth. (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.

<1> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 554 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<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> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine. Dorset Shipwrecks, p18 (Article in serial). SWX5166.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1231720 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 15 2024 4:34PM