Maritime record MWX2351 - Industrious

`Master and a boy only saved from the rigging, having been there at night for 6 hours. Saved by John Wills, a pilot, using a small boat. (2) `Poole, 14th Oct. The INDUSTRIOUS, Downy, of this port, from Southampton, was driven on shore on Sunday night, on the Hook Sand, and it is feared will be wrecked; part of the cargo and materials saved. (4) Master: Downy (2)(4); Dominy (1)(3) 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.

Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 540 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 20-OCT-1823 (Serial). SWX6825.

<3> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p18 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 17-OCT-1823, No.5847 (Serial). SWX8434.

<5> 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.

Record last edited

Nov 21 2007 11:25AM