Maritime record MWX1849 - Commodore 1839
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Summary
English schooner, Captain William Bence, 19 January 1839.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`At the court of Petty Sessions, Samuel Wingate of Portland, was fined £20 for stealing part of the cargo of this vessel, and in default of payment was committed to six months hard labour in the house of correction. (1)(3)
Master: William Bence
Crew: 7
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC 19 01 1839(Thu)(R).
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> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 593.
- <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> SDO14012 Monograph: Cumming, E. 2014. The Portland Shipwreck and Maritime Incident Directory.
- <5> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 23.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 60500 79880 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0118
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 55
Record last edited
Jan 23 2020 12:22PM
