Maritime record MWX2034 - Hannah

`...carrying ordnance stores, was run foul of by the transport HARMONY, which was in the same convoy, causing the HANNAH to go on shore near Hills Harbour. (4) `The HANNAH, Hickman, (ordnance transport) is on shore about 4 miles from Weymouth. (2) This vessel may have been lost in the gale known to have occurred over the 17th/18th-NOV-1795 and mentioned in the same issue of LL. (2) Master: Hickman Date of Loss Qualifier: R

David Carter suggests the place of wrecking may be at Osmington Mills, the distance is about right and the shoal offshore is known as Hannah's Ledges. Gordon le Pard thinks the otherwise unknown place name 'Hills harbour' may be a reference to Osmington Mills, suggesting that in the 18th century the area may have been known simply as ‘The Mills’.

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.

300 T Net tonnage

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<3> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, p15 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<4> 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.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 463 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 20-NOV-1795, No.2769 (Serial). SWX8434.

<7> Boult, E, 2003, Christian's Fleet, A Dorset Shipping Tragedy. (Monograph). SWX8136.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1145631 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 12 2024 2:38PM