Maritime record MWX4772 - Constitution

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Summary

USA's preserved capital warship (at Boston, Mass.) stranded beneath Ballard Point on 17 January 1879, but was safely hauled off by a flotilla of three powerful tugs.

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The USS CONSTITUTION was returning home with a cargo of exhibits from the Paris Exhibition of 1878, when she was blown onto Ballard Point by a north-easterly gale. The frigate was saved by a calming in the weather and was hauled off by three tugs - COMMODORE, ALEXANDER and MALTA (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. no 34 in strandings database.
  • <2> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 23/24.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0490 8110 (point)
Map sheet SZ08SW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0989

Record last edited

Feb 24 2020 11:35AM

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