Maritime record MWX1635 - Compte De Maurepas
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Summary
French privateer sunk following battle with HMS SOUTHAMPTON, 1 August 1780.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Sunk following battle with HM man o war SOUTHAMPTON, 5th rate, 32 guns. (3) `The COMPTE DE MAUREPAS, a French privateer of 12 guns and 80 men, was sunk off Portland by the SOUTHAMPTON man o war; the crew saved. (2) Source (2) states that the vessel was a privateer, which an account of her capture of a British vessel earlier that summer may bear out (4); sources (1) and (3) state that she was a man of war. This vessel was reported lost on 01-AUG-1780
Armament: 12 cannon
Crew: 80
This vessel is only known from documentary evidence. The location given is only approximate.
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 (7)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 01-AUG-1780, No.1185.
- <3> 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.
- <4> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 23-JUN-1780, No.1174.
- <5> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 421.
- <6> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 23.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900532.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 67620 68250 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY66NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0120
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 52
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900532
Record last edited
Feb 19 2024 3:23PM