Maritime record MWX2224 - Cygnet

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Summary

Wrecked in Swanage Bay, 15 November 1825.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`Weymouth, 10th Nov. It has been blowing a tremendous gale from NE the whole night. (1) `Poole, Nov. 11th. Yesterday during a heavy gale, the CYGNET, Francis, and FRIENDS...went on shore in Swanage Bay, and are complete wrecks; crews saved. (2) Master: Francis 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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 11-NOV-1825, No.6063 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 15-NOV-1825, No.6064 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 25 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1359913 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 11-NOV-1825, No.6063.
  • <2> Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 15-NOV-1825, No.6064.
  • <3> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 25.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1359913.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 04720 79730 (point)
Map sheet SZ07NW

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0675
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 07 NW 104
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1359913

Record last edited

Apr 3 2024 2:24PM

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