Maritime record MWX2344 - Unidentified 1773

`Poole the 22nd of Feb: This afternoon we had a most violent gale of wind, which drove 17 sail of ships from their moorings, and occasioned a shocking sight; some of which were carried near a league, others lost their masts, and some their bowsprits, besides being otherwise greatly damaged, so that several of them appear like perfect wrecks. (1)(2) `It is remarkable, that tomorrow it will be twenty-two years since a like storm happened here. (1) This would appear to be the same storm as described from Portsmouth in the same issue of LL: `Portsmouth the 23rd of Feb: Yesterday about three o'clock in the afternoon, we had here a start calm, presently the wind rose and blesh [sic] fresh at SE, then instantly veered round to the NW and blew a hurricane, which continued near an hour... (2) 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> 1733, Kentish Gazette (Serial). SWX6663.

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 26-FEB-1773, No.410 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 895135 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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