Maritime record MWX5082 - Huddersfield

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Summary

A barque that sank after a collision with a vessel named Robert Kelly off Portland Bill in 1876.

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Full Description

A barque that sank after a collision with a vessel named Robert Kelly. (1) ROBERT KELLY, a barque, collided with the HUDDERSFIELD,also a barque, and both sank off Portland Bill (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 (2)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 1060.
  • <2> Monograph: Trim, P. 1985 about. Shipwrecks, Abbotsbury to Portland. .

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Location

Grid reference SY 67353 68460 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY66NE

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1185

Record last edited

May 6 2004 11:40AM

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