Maritime record MWX2070 - Joseph Desiree

`The coastguard galley, manned by Lieut. Smith RN, and seven men, saved the eight crew of this lugger. (1)(4) `Swanage 28th Nov: A French lugger, laden with wine, is totally wrecked to the west of St. Albans Head; part of the cargo saved. (5) `Swanage 30th Nov: The JOSEPH DESIREE, Boven, from Bordeaux to Rouen, was wrecked in Kemridge (sic) Bay 28th instant; crew saved by the coastguard. (6) Master: Boven Crew: 8 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: GPCS p35

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> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, p84 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<3> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p19 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 30-NOV-1838, No.7718 (Serial). SWX8434.

<6> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 01-DEC-1838, No.7719 (Serial). SWX8434.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 585 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900939 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 4 2024 4:35PM