Maritime record MWX1801 - Speedy

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British cargo vessel, 1879

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Stranded/Total Loss (3) Master: Wilkinson Date of Loss Qualifier: A 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 (5)

  • <1> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> Serial: 1897. Southern Times. p5, 11-JAN-1879.
  • <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.
  • <4> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 750.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 901144.

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Location

Grid reference SY 68750 78890 (point)
Map sheet SY67NE

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0531
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NE 117
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 901144

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 1:55PM

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