Maritime record MWX1668 - Rachel

Year Built: 1826 Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 5 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Run down and sunk with all on board by a new screw steam ship belonging to the London and Liverpool Steam Packet Co. The sailing vessel was identified by some papers found floating. Her crew consisted of the master, three seamen and a boy. (2) Lost in a collision off Portland.(3) Additional sources: RCG No 3286 28 06 1866 p8

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

<2> 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.

<3> Board of Trade, 1867, Parliamentary papers 1867, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1866, p32(410) (Monograph). SWX5051.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 436 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901091 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 2:27PM