Maritime record MWX2158 - Sally 1772

`The SALLY, Lurvy, from Figueira to Poole, was lost the 10th instant off St. Albans, and all the crew perished except one man. (2) This vessel may be identifiable with the SUKY (MWX2068), lost on the same date in the same area, and whose masters name was Larry. Master: Lurvy 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, 17-NOV-1772, No.3825 (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, Shipwrecks 407 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900516 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2024 3:47PM