Maritime record MWX1975 - Atlas

The Atlas `...went to pieces, nine men including the captain, saved. The vessel had left Rotterdam on December [sic] 20th. (2) `Weymouth, 7th Dec. The ATLAS, from Rotterdam to Charleston, was driven on shore this morning in Chiswell Cove, and two of the crew drowned. She will go to pieces next tide unless the wind shifts to the north. (3) `Weymouth, 9th Dec. The ATLAS, from Rotterdam to Charleston, on shore in Chiswell Cove, is become nearly a wreck. (4) Crew: 11 Crew Lost: 2 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: Sh.Journal 02.12.1831.

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> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p19 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 09-DEC-1831, No.6697 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 13-DEC-1831, No.6698 (Serial). SWX8434.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 568 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 11 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Morning Post, Saturday, 10/12/1831: "The Atlas of Boston, late from Rotterdam to Charlston, in ballast, E.Adams, master, is on shore on Chesil Beach, Portland. Two of the crew were unfortunately drowned. The master of the brig, with the remainder of the crew, six in number, with the passengers, are detained in a house on the beach in quarantine. The masts of the vessel are gone; and hopes entertained, if the gale subsides, she may be eventually saved. A small smack is also on shore at Ringstead Bay."

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Dec 2 2019 11:45AM