Maritime record MWX1718 - Unidentified 1666
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Summary
Craft, 1666
Loss Date: 01/12/1666
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`Dec.1, Weymouth:...The storm began on Tuesday, wind SW, and was very violent...Great pieces of wreck float about, supposed to belong to some vessel cast away in Portland Race. Date of Loss Qualifier: R (1)
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 (3)
- <1> SWX4893 Monograph: Calendar of State Papers Domestic. Vol 6 p307.
- <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> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1180613.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 68090 66850 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY66NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0857
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 148
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1180613
Record last edited
Apr 11 2024 3:01PM