Maritime record MWX5152 - Morehouse

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Summary

A sloop that sank at the Mixen, Weymouth, in 1858.

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Full Description

A sloop that sank at the Mixen, Weymouth, in 1858. (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> 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.
  • <2> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 657.

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Location

Grid reference SY 68960 78767 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY67NE

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1255

Record last edited

May 6 2004 9:50AM

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