Maritime record MWX2155 - Unidentified 1306 French cargo Vessel

A French cargo vessel which stranded at Corfe in 1306 and was subsequently destroyed by the local population. Loss Date: 01/01/1306

`...lost under Corfe, some crew and two dogs escaped alive, the people carried away goods and destroyed the ship. (1)A Bordeaux vessel lost under Corfe, cargo stolen and vessel broken up. (3) `In the following year (1306) a Bordeaux vessel was lost under Corfe, and although some of the crew and two dogs escaped alive the people thereabouts carried away the cargo and destroyed the ship. Piracy became so prevalent that in 1311 the county had a commission of inquiry to itself in order to ascertain why so many foreign merchantmen were plundered in Dorset waters. (3) (This source cites the following sources; Patent 34 Edw. I, m. 28 d.; Patent 5 Edw. II, pt. i, m. 24.) (Taken from the `Dorset Maritime History section of this web site.) Date of Loss Qualifier: R (4) 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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May 12 2008 2:00AM