Maritime record MWX1642 - Elizabeth and Margaret

The ELIZABETH AND MARGARET, Williams, from Dublin to Guernsey, is on shore near Portland. (2) `The sloop ELIZABETH and MARGARET, Williams, from Dublin to Guernsey, is got into Weymouth Harbour, after discharging great part of her cargo. (4)

Master: Williams

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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 02-APR-1799, No.3061 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> 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.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 05-APR-1799, No.3062 (Serial). SWX8434.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 481 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900759 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 12 2023 2:03PM