Maritime record MWX1854 - Norval
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Summary
English schooner, 1860
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`In a howling gale, this vessel was wrecked on Chesil Beach in West Bay. Joseph White and William Flan led a crew of five men (David King; John Flan; John White; George Stone and Henry Mitchell) who put out in their lerret to save the crew, earning two silver medals from the RNLI, and a certificate going to Jonathan Gibb. (1)(2) `Weymouth, 31st Dec: The NORVAL (schooner), Carder, wrecked in the West Bay today, was of and for Plymouth from Honfleur in ballast: she is being stripped and stores are being saved. (3) Source (2) gives departure point as Harfleur. Master: Corder (2); Carder (3) Crew: 5 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: WPDT.03.01.1861 p4®
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> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <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> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 01-JAN-1861, No.14584.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6820 7320 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0426
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 60
Record last edited
Nov 29 2007 2:50AM
