Maritime record MWX1946 - Unidentified 1798 Sloop

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Summary

Sloop, 1798

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Cargo consisted of Geneva wine [=gin]. (1) `A sloop from Rotterdam, loaded with geneva, is on shore on Portland Beach; the cargo is landing.(2) Date of Loss Qualifier: R. (3) 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> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> 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> Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 16-JAN-1798, No.2980.

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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 0860
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 41

Record last edited

May 12 2008 2:07AM

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