Maritime record MWX4998 - Eurydice

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The vessel 'Eurydice' went onto the rocks off Portland.

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The vessel 'Eurydice' went onto the rocks off Portland in 1878. (1, 2) She was refloated but later sank off Dunmose. 2 people were saved, 290 killed. (3) 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> Digital archive: World Wide Web Page http://www.portisle.u-net.com/pihs24.html.
  • <2> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database.
  • <3> Digital archive: Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. Shipwrecks and Collisions around the coast of Weymouth and Portland (World Wide Web Page).

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Location

Grid reference SY 68 68 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SY66NE

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1106

Record last edited

Sep 11 2008 10:41AM

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