Maritime record MWX5187 - Seahawk
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Summary
A fishing vessel that sank off St Aldhelm's Head in 1992.
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
A fishing vessel that sank off St Aldhelm's Head in 1992 (1)
'Following an engine breakdown, drifted onto the rocks and became a total loss near Saint Albans Head.' (2)
Vertical datum: LAT
Horizontal datum: WGS 84
Quality of fix: Unreliable / position approximate.
Charted as the SEAHAWK, entire wreck in the Marine zone.
Although the position given for this vessel is only approximate, so little is known about the vessel that only a single record has been created.
Documentary evidence:
'After drifting ran onto rocks in approximately 50°35.00N, 02°02.00W [OGB].' (3)
Nothing further is known about the vessel but it is believed that the vessel shown in Source 3 is the SEAHAWK described here. (4)
Date of loss qualifier: Actual date of loss
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. 1034.
- <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> SDO20096 Digital archive: https://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx. Accessed 23-JUL-2010.
- <4> SDO20137 Digital archive: < http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery. 18791 Accessed 23-JUL-2010.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1521589.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 97735 75864 (point) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY97NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1290
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NE 177
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1521589
Record last edited
Feb 21 2024 3:56PM