Maritime record MWX2099 - Verbena
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Summary
Welsh ketch, 1903
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Built: 1898 Builder: J and W Francis Where Built: Milford Owner: W J Graham Master: C Marshall Crew: 4 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Drove ashore near Blacknor Point. The wreck was sold on the rocks. (1)(2) Ketch, VERBENA wrecked near Blacknor Point, Portland.(4) Lost in a W by S 4, 1.5 miles west of Portland.(5) Additional sources:: LR.1898-9 No.13(V)(Supp);
The Verbena was on her way from Saundersfoot in Pembrokshire to Weymouth with a cargo of culm (finely ground coal), when she was driven ashore at Blacknor Point on Portland on the 22nd July 1903. It proved to be impossible to get the vessel of the rocks, so she was sold where she lay, and broken up on the rocks.
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Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <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> SWX5166 Article in serial: 1976. Dorset magazine : the county magazine. Dorset Shipwrecks. Vol 50. p22.
- <4> SWX1056 Monograph: Farr, Grahame. 1971. Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast.
- <5> SWX5604 Monograph: Board of Trade. 1905. Parliamentary papers 1905, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1903. Vol 71. p119(623).
- <6> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 881.
- <7> SDO9637 Monograph: Le Pard, G F. 2005. Shipwrecks of the Dorset Coast.
- <8> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1147001.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6773 7145 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0590
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 SE 99
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1147001
Record last edited
Apr 4 2024 2:12PM