Maritime record MWX2058 - Wemyss 1839

Ship stranded in heavy gales. Lieutenant Parsons RN, coastguard, rowed out and saved the crew. In recognition of his bravery in this and a number of other cited rescues he was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society, and a gold medal from the French government. (2) Date of Loss Qualifier: R Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC 30.01.1840(Thu)

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> Various, Dorset County Chronicle, p3.30-JAN-1840 (Serial). SWX6464.

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 599 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

Record last edited

Sep 14 2023 2:33PM