Maritime record MWX1524 - Elizabeth Ann

Stranded/Total Loss (4) `...came on shore last evening [13th] during a heavy gale from SSW and hopes are entertained that she will be got off this evenings tide; crew saved by the lifeboat. (5) `...has been got off and is now lying in the harbour. (6)

Master: Clark
Crew: 3
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC 29 12 1860 (Thu)(R).

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.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, p20-21 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<3> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<4> 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 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<5> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 17-NOV-1860, No.14547 (Serial). SWX8434.

<6> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 20-NOV-1860, No.14549 (Serial). SWX8434.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 661 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1030324 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 23 2024 4:16PM