Maritime record MWX2103 - Fortuna 1824

`Weymouth, 20th Dec: Last evening a Dutch galliot was driven on shore near Blacknore, Portland; on a piece of her stern 20 Van, Amsterdam appears in gilt letters. Oranges and lemons are floating in every direction; the vessel is entirely wrecked. Four of the crew saved. (1) `The FORTUNA, Visnar, from Oporto to Amsterdam was driven on shore on the 19th instant, on the west side of Portland, and totally lost; crew saved. (2) 20 Van, Amsterdam probably indicates the date of building as 1820, Dutch vessels usually having this date painted upon them, and the port of registration, van = of. Built: 1820? Master: Visnar Crew: 4 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: Salisbury and Winchester Journal 27 12 1824

<1> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 21-DEC-1824, No.5970 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 24-DEC-1824, No.5971 (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 557 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1175935 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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