Maritime record MWX1880 - Constance
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Summary
English cargo vessel, 22/11/1687. 1687 wreck of an English cargo vessel which foundered in the Weymouth Roads with a cargo of tobacco, on her voyage from Bristol bound for Rotterdam. Constructed of wood and registered to Lymington, she was a sailing vessel.
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Type and Period (2)
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Foundered / Total Loss. (3)
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: PRO. Chancery Lane E190. 882/7 Port Book.
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 (6)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX4573 Article in serial: 1975. Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48. Vol 48.
- <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> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 343.
- <5> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 23.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900442.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 68750 78890 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0124
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NE 73
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900442
Record last edited
Dec 12 2022 6:50PM
