Maritime record MWX1971 - William (William Kedger)

`The WILLIAM, Hedger, from St. Michael's to Portsmouth, was driven on shore on Portland Beach during a gale on Sunday night. Only one boy saved. The greater part of the cargo expected to be saved. (1) Sources (2) and (3) derive the name of the vessel as WILLIAM KEDGER and give the date of loss as 11-JAN-1819; the place of loss is also expressed as Chesil Cove. Master: Hedger Crew: 4 Crew Lost: 3 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, 12-JAN-1819, No.5351 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p18 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<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.

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