Maritime record MWX2328 - Unidentified 1751 Shallop

`On the 17th inst. put into Swanage Bay in a gale of wind at SSE the RESIGNAL...Another shallop has since drove on shore near Swanage with her bottom out. (1) At the time of loss the Julian Calendar was still in use in England, with the New Year beginning on 25th March. Therefore dates between 1st January and 24th March are one year later in modern (New Style) reckoning than those printed on Lloyds List, which follows Old Style. The date of loss has therefore been amended to 1751 (New Style) to reflect this. 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, 25-JAN-1751, No.1582 (Serial). SWX8434.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1317639 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 13 2024 4:22PM