Maritime record MWX1948 - Rodney

`The THREE RELATIONS, Keir, from Cork to Norway; the CONCORD, -, and the RODNEY, Hawetn, from Topsham to Sunderland, in ballast, are lost on Portland Beach; crew saved. (2) `...also two brigantines belonging to Sunderland called the CONCORD and RODNEY...The crews are all saved but it is feared the ships will be lost. (4) Master: Hawetn 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> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 27-SEP-1799, No.4002 (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> Sherbourne Mercury, p4, 30-SEP-1799 (Serial). SWX4820.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 486 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

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Sep 6 2024 4:37PM