Maritime record MWX2194 - Boston
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Summary
British craft, 11 November 1777.
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
The Boston foundered/Total Loss (3) `...is lost in Swanage Bay; the crew saved. (2) Master: Wayman.
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 (6)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 11-NOV-1777, No.901.
- <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. 416.
- <5> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 15.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 900526.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SZ 04720 79730 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ07NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0079
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 07 NW 49
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 900526
Record last edited
Apr 8 2024 1:02PM