Maritime record MWX2241 - Neptune 1791

Stranded/Total Loss (4) `The NEPTUNE, Wright, from Swanage to London, is on shore, and bilged, near Pool Harbour. (5) Source (4) expresses the date of loss as 00/02/1791. Master: Wright 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> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, p88 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<3> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, p15 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<4> 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.

<5> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 01-MAR-1791, No.2277 (Serial). SWX8434.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 445 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900555 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 2:20PM