Maritime record MWX1643 - Swift

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Summary

English schooner, 1800

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`The SWIFT, Kershaw, from Southampton to Plymouth, is on shore on Portland Island, and full of water; and a sloop from Jersey to Dartmouth. (2) [NB: A gale was reported in the Channel on the 9th, according to accounts from Deal and Portsmouth in the previous issue of LL, and from Plymouth in the Naval Chronicle.] Built: 1797 Master: Kershaw Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 14-NOV-1800, No.4102.
  • --- Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 496.
  • <1> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <3> 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.

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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 0555
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 62
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900774

Record last edited

Feb 16 2024 4:11PM

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