Maritime record MWX2079 - Unidentified 1868 Brigantine

`A disastrous wreck is reported from Kimmeridge on the coast of Dorset. During the gale which swept the channel on Sunday afternoon, a brigantine was driven with such violence upon the rocks that she went to pieces, and all hands on board perished. The lifeboat stationed on that part of the coast was unable to render any assistance. (1-3) Crew Lost: All 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> Various, Dorset County Chronicle, 02-OCT-1868 (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, 700 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901103 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 12 2024 10:16AM