Maritime record MWX2377 - Lark

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English craft, 1824

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Crew: 2 Sate of Loss Qualifier: A Stranded/Total Loss (1) Two men were saved by Lt Joseph Elevin R.N., from the LARK, a small vessel of Christchurch between DEC-1824 and JAN-1825.(2) 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 (3)

  • <1> 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.
  • <2> Monograph: Farr, Grahame. 1971. Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast. p114.
  • <3> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 556.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 04710 86030 (point)
Map sheet SZ08NW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0344
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 08 NW 110

Record last edited

Nov 21 2007 11:25AM

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