Maritime record MWX2400 - Betsey 1802

`The BETSEY, Ireland, from Swanage to Arundel, is lost near Studland Bay. Captain and 2 people drowned. (4) Poole July 22nd: The BETSEY, Ireland, of Arundel, laden with stone, foundered as she lay at anchor in Sinderland Bay, and the crew were all drowned. (6) Sources (1), (5) and (6) interpret masters name as port of departure. Master: Ireland. All three of her crew were lost.


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.

<3> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, p88 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 30-JUL-1802, No.4277 (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.

<6> Sherbourne Mercury, p4, 26-JUL-1802 (Serial). SWX4820.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 499 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 13 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1145601 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 6 2024 1:13PM