Maritime record MWX4938 - Abide

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Summary

The steam salvage vessel Abide was stranded at Kimmeridge on 1 October 1952.

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Full Description

The Steam Salvage vessel Abide was stranded at Kimmeridge in 1952. (1) 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> Article in serial: Boddy, M. 1975b. Dorset Shipwrecks part 2.
  • <2> Article in serial: Dorset magazine : the county magazine 1975, Part 2, Dorset Shipwrecks Vol 49 Page(s) 26. Vol 49.
  • <3> Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 3.

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Location

Grid reference SY 90 78 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SY97NW

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1012

Record last edited

Sep 19 2019 11:16AM

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