Maritime record MWX1839 - Blandford
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Summary
A British sloop wrecked near Weymouth 17 April 1780.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`...from Falmouth to London, is wrecked near Weymouth; cargo partly saved and in hopes of saving the rest. (2) `Last Monday was driven on shore on Fleet Bank, about 5 miles from Weymouth, the BLANDFORD sloop, burthen about 50 tons...from Truro bound for London laden with copper and tin. The vessel is gone to pieces but part of the cargo will be saved. Master and one man saved. One man drowned. (4) Master: Benjamin Hillary Crew: 3 Crew Lost: 1.
This vessel is only known from documentary evidence. The location given is only approximate.
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 (7)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 21-APR-1780, No.1156.
- <3> 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.
- <4> SWX4820 Serial: Sherbourne Mercury. p2, 24-APR-1780.
- <5> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 420.
- <6> SDO14012 Monograph: Cumming, E. 2014. The Portland Shipwreck and Maritime Incident Directory.
- <7> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 14.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 6141 8018 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68SW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0074
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 28
Record last edited
Dec 12 2019 11:26AM
