Maritime record MWX2050 - City of Limerick
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Summary
Irish craft, 1827
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`Driven from Portland Roads onto the shore, where two crew were lost in attempting to get on board from Portland. (2)
`Weymouth, 8th Dec. The CITY OF LIMERICK, Coleman, from Portsmouth to Limerick, drove from her anchors last night in Portland Roads, during a violent gale at WSW, and went on shore among the rocks at Whiteworth Head, and is full of water. Some of the materials may be secured, but there is no probability of saving the hull. (3)
Master: Coleman
Crew Lost: 2
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC 13 12 1827®.
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 (5)
- <1> SWX4560 Article in serial: 1976. Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50. Vol 50. p19.
- <2> 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.
- <3> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 11-DEC-1827, No.6280.
- <4> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 22.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1231986.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 8275 7965 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY87NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0110
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 87 NW 16
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1231986
Record last edited
Feb 15 2024 4:04PM