Maritime record MWX2072 - Don Pedro

Stranded / Total Loss (3)

Master: McMillings
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> Board of Trade, 1841, Parliamentary papers 1841, Board of Trade Select Committee on Shipwreck, p19 (Monograph). SWX5875.

<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 607 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 27 (Monograph). SDO16406.

‘Dorset County Chronical, Thursday, 25/3/1841 “During the night of Wednesday, the 17th ult., the schooner, Don Pedro, Captain McMillings, went to pieces on the Kimmeridge rocks. We must mention the noble and spirited conduct of Lieut. E. Smith, R.N., and the boats crew under his command, who at imminent risk of their own lives, and after several attempts amidst a dense fog, and a heavy ground sea, succeeded in saving the captain and crew from their perilous situation. During the two days previous to her going to pieces, the whole of her cargo was taken out, consisting of 320 bales of flax, and was put on board the Gertrude tender and deposited at Poole Custom House.” – Also Legg: p:35: giving site as Rope Lake Head, Kimmeridge.’

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900966 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:37PM