Maritime record MWX5073 - H D M L no. 1060

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Summary

Royal Navy vessel sunk in 1944.

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Royal Navy vessel described as using sail and screw. Not in Kemp, P. 1999 British Warship Losses of the 20th Century (1) Suffered severe damage and foundered following an explosion of ammunition carried on board. (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.

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  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 1009.
  • <2> Monograph: Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 5, South Devon (AH).

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Grid reference SZ 03626 88931 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SZ08NW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1177

Record last edited

May 6 2004 11:37AM

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