Maritime record MWX5021 - Brown Mouse
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Summary
A special service warship which caught fire and exploded in Lyme Bay, 28 February 1918.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
A special service Warship which caught fire and exploded in 1918 in Lyme Bay. Not in Kemp, P. 1999 British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Owned by the Royal Navy. A War Grave. (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.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SWX4666 Monograph: Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 5, South Devon (AH).
- <1> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 965.
- <2> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 17.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 41272 91732 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY49SW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1125
Record last edited
Dec 23 2019 12:02PM