Maritime record MWX2238 - Providence 1790
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Summary
Cargo vessel, 1790
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`The PROVIDENCE, Davis, from Liverpool for Pool, is ashore on the Hook Sands near Pool, and it is feared will be lost. (2)(4) `Poole February 25th: The PROVIDENCE, Davis, bound from Liverpool to this port with a cargo of coals this morning ran on shore on the Hook Sands near the mouth of this harbour. She lies in a very perilous situation and it is apprehended that neither the vessel nor any part of her cargo will be saved. (5) `The PROVIDENCE, Davis, from Liverpool, that was on shore near Pool, is got off with little damage, and gone into that harbour. (6) Master: Davis Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: WTL Wreck Index
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 (7)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 26-FEB-1790, No.2172.
- <3> SWX4573 Article in serial: 1975. Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48. Vol 48. p15.
- <4> 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.
- <5> SWX4820 Serial: Sherbourne Mercury. p4, 01-MAR-1790.
- <6> SWX8434 Serial: 1745 onwards. Lloyds list. 02-MAR-1790, No.2173.
- <7> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 441.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 04710 86030 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ08NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0466
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 08 NW 54
Record last edited
Nov 21 2007 11:25AM