Maritime record MWX1543 - Union 1817
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Summary
English craft, 1817
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Stranded/Total Loss (1) Two other vessels were reported lost at Bridport and Charmouth respectively, `during the gale on Sunday night. (3) Date of Loss Qualifier: A
Stranded/Total Loss (1)
Two other vessels were reported lost at Bridport and Charmouth respectively, `during the gale on Sunday night'. (3)
`Lyme, Jan. 20. Yesterday it blew a fresh gale from SSE, and during the night increased to a hurricane, which occasioned the highest tide ever known here…Soon after daylight…at 8 o'clock all the walls (in front of the town), breakwaters, and about 300 feet of the centre part of the harbour gave way, when the stone cutting the cables of the vessels, the following were driven ashore and totally lost, viz. VOLANTE, and the MARY, of Lyme; UNION, of Exeter…' (4)
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.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SWX4541 Monograph: 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.
- <2> SWX4560 Article in serial: 1976. Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50. Vol 50. p18.
- <3> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 24-JAN-1817, No.5146.
- <4> SDO14749 Serial: 1817. Durham County Advertiser. 125. 25-JAN-1817, No.125.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1231499.
- <5> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 529.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 34120 91450 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY39SW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0576
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 39 SW 71
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1231499
Record last edited
Mar 21 2024 7:17AM