Maritime record MWX1954 - Margaret and Ann

Schooner, 1835

`We had on Sunday last one of the most violent gales witnessed for a long time, which blew a perfect hurricane. It is feared several vessels had suffered on the coast and West Bay. The schooner MARGARET AND ANN has gone to pieces and all lost. The beach west of Portland is strewed with wreck, articles of furniture, broken pieces, parcels of goods etc. Five bodies have been recovered on the north side, and doubtless more will wash in. (1)(4) 26-OCT:- MARGARET ANN from Cardigan, wrecked near Weymouth. (3) Weymouth 27-OCT-1835, The vessel wrecked in West Bay yesterday is the MARGARET ANN from Cardigan. Some bank pikes marked MP have come ashore.(5) Lives Lost: All Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC 29 10 1835(Thu)(R); D CRO John Thomas Elliotts Diary 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.

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