Maritime record MWX1695 - Lord Duffus
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Summary
Scottish Schooner, 1894
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Vessel drove ashore unseen at night, and by the time the wreck was found early next morning she was in the last stages of breaking up. The bodies of all six crew were recovered and placed in coffins laid out side by side in the small hut, previously used as the Lloyds Signal Station. (1)(4) Year Built: 1877 Builder: Duncan Where Built: Kingston Owner: Alex Marshall, Burghead, Elgin Master: A Z Speight Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 6 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck index: LR 1891 2 No 743(L)
Gross tonnage
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX5136 Monograph: Board of Trade. 1895. Parliamentary papers 1895, Board of Trade Casualty Returns Vol 87. Vol 87. p142.
- <3> SWX1056 Monograph: Farr, Grahame. 1971. Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast. p45.
- <4> 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.
- <5> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 840.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 901215.
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 0362
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 116
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 901215
Record last edited
Feb 22 2024 1:58PM