Maritime record MWX5127 - License to Kill
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Summary
A sloop that sank off St Aldhelm's Head in 1981.
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
A sloop that sank off St Aldhelm's Head in 1981. Position dived by Martin Openshaw 2001, nothing found.(1)
'Sank having caught fire and broke up in the shallows... DECCA position (SW chain) Red (H) 1.8; Purple (G) 61.4' (2)
Source 2 gives her length as 9.75m; Source 4 as 9.8m.
No more information about the vessel can be found.
Position 50 34.4N -2 3.83W taken from (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 (5)
- <1> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 158.
- <2> SWX4541 Monograph: Larn, R, and Larn, B. 1995. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1.
- <3> SWX1 Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1999. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition). 3rd Edition.
- <4> SDO20096 Digital archive: https://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx. 18702 > Accessed 21-JUL-2010.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 95575 74846 (point) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY97SE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1230
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NE 175
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1521446
Record last edited
Feb 22 2024 9:15AM