Maritime record MWX2193 - Happy Return 1764
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Summary
English craft, wrecked on Peveril Point 1764
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`...ran upon Peveral (sic) Ledge near Swanage, and was beat to pieces, but the people were saved. (2) Source (3) gives 17-OCT-1764, as the reported, rather than actual, date of loss. Master: Vincent Kennard Date of Loss Qualifier: A
Original Dutch:
'Pool den 24 October. Den 17 deezer Maand is het Schip THE HAPPY RETURN van Ramsgate, Kapt. Vincent Renuard op de Zant-Bank by Swanage aan stukken gestooten, maar het Volk geborgen.'
Translated by compiler:
'Pool, 24th October. On the 17th of this month the HAPPY RETURN of Ramsgate, Capt. Vincent Renuard, is beat to pieces on a sandbank near Swanage, but the people were saved.' (4)
Master: Vincent Kennard (2); Vincent Renuard (4)Leeuwarder Courant, 03-NOV-1764, No.641, 3
accessed via < http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/ > on 28-JUL-2009
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
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> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 26-OCT-1764, No.3004.
- <3> 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.
- <4> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 395.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900509.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 04190 78620 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ07NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0249
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 07 NW 48
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900509
Record last edited
Nov 11 2023 7:12AM