Maritime record MWX2069 - Sally 1777

`...only two men and two cows saved, master, owner and all crew lost. (3) `Pool, Nov. 15. The 13th inst. was lost off Kim[m]eridge, the SALLY, -, from Guernsey; the owner, his wife and all the crew were drowned. 2 men, 2 cows, a keg of brandy and part of the wreck were taken up in Chapman's Pool. (2) Lives Lost: All (2); all but 2 (3) Passengers: [at least] 2 Passengers Lost: 2 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, 18-NOV-1777, No.903 (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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 417 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900528 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 4 2024 5:04PM