Maritime record MWX4918 - Celticburn

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Summary

The Barque Celticburn, of Greenock, from Harve for the River Plate, stranded in Weymouth Bay, 6 November 1916.

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Full Description

The Barque Celticburn stranded in Weymouth Bay in 1916. (1)(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. Salvaged

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database.
  • <2> Article in serial: Boddy, M. 1975b. Dorset Shipwrecks part 2.
  • <3> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 20.

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Location

Grid reference SY 70 80 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SY78SW

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1061

Record last edited

Jan 13 2020 11:41AM

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