Maritime record MWX1690 - Zamia
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Summary
1886 wreck of craft which foundered off the Bill of Portland; thought to have been a sailing vessel, constructed of wood.
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Foundered/Total Loss (2) Crew Lost: All Date of Loss Qualifier: R Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: ST.20.11.1886®
A 500 ton vessel capsized. All of the crew were drowned and the vessel was towed into Portland Harbour.(4)
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.
Gross tonnage
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> 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.
- <3> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 800.
- <4> SWX9360 Digital archive: World Wide Web Page http://www.portisle.u-net.com/pihs24.html.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
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 0615
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 110
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 901189
Record last edited
Aug 20 2023 8:46AM
