Maritime record MWX1977 - Squirrel 1750

English cargo vessel, 1750 Loss Date: 10/02/1750

`The SQUIRREL, Toy, of North Yarmouth, from Maryland for London, with 513 hogsheads of tobacco, was wrecked to the westward of Weymouth, and the master, 2 mates, 8 men and a woman passenger drowned. (1) This vessel shares similarities of detail with the unknown tobacco vessel (Squirrel MWX1936) reported lost at a similar time in the same area. At the time of loss the Julian Calendar was still in use in England, with the New Year beginning on 25th March. Therefore dates between 1st January and 24th March are one year later in modern (New Style) reckoning than those printed on Lloyds List; the date of loss has been amended to 1750 (New Style) to reflect this. Master: Toy Crew Lost: 10 Passengers: at least 1 Passengers Lost: 1 Date of Loss Qualifier: R 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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