Maritime record MWX1967 - Amyntas

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Summary

English brig, wrecked on Portland Beach, 30 November 1841.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The vessel was built in 1831 and her master was Hallett. (1-4) The `...master and three crew drowned. (1)(3) Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC.10.02.1842; Weymouth Library folio L614.868.P03

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
  • <2> Monograph: Board of Trade. 1841. Parliamentary papers 1841, Board of Trade Select Committee on Shipwreck. Vol 9. p26.
  • <3> 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> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 608.
  • <5> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 7.

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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 0034
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 80

Record last edited

Dec 2 2019 11:30AM

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