Maritime record MWX1947 - Concord
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Summary
English brigantine wrecked on Chesil Beach, 26 September 1799.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`The THREE RELATIONS, Keir, from Cork to Norway; the CONCORD, -, and the RODNEY, Hawetn, from Topsham to Sunderland, in ballast, are lost on Portland Beach; crew saved. (2) ...also two brigantines belonging to Sunderland called the CONCORD and RODNEY, bound from Topsham to Sunderland in ballast. The crews are all saved, but it is feared the ships will be lost. (4)
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> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 27-SEP-1799, No.4002.
- <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. p4, 30-SEP-1799.
- <5> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 483.
- <6> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 23.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 5590 8450 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY58SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0122
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 42
Record last edited
Feb 24 2020 11:15AM