Maritime record MWX5141 - Mary Harriott

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A sailing vessel that sank in Swanage Bay in 1769.

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Full Description

A sailing vessel carrying a cargo of sugar that sank in 1769 in Swanage Bay. (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 (2)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 402.
  • <2> 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.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 03633 79664 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SZ07NW

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1244

Record last edited

May 6 2004 9:53AM

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