Maritime record MWX4921 - Free Will

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Summary

The Free Will was stranded on the Pevril Ledges in 1910.

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Full Description

The Free Will is reported to have stranded on the Pevril Ledges in 1910 (1), although Dorset Shipwrecks records the loss occurring in 1921. (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> Article in serial: Boddy, M. 1975b. Dorset Shipwrecks part 2.
  • <2> Monograph: Dorset shipwrecks : a comprehensive guide to the shipwrecks of Purbeck and Poole Bay.
  • <3> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 04 78 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SZ07NW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1017

Record last edited

Nov 22 2007 12:32PM

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