Maritime record MWX1876 - Spirit

Year Built: 1857 Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 1 Date of Loss Qualifier: A `A court action has been instituted by the owner of this pilot cutter against the owners of the Danish SS. JAN, with whom a collision took place in the early hours. The steamer approached the SPIRIT for a pilot, but in a careless and unseaman-like manner struck and sank her, the cutter going down in two minutes, causing the death of James Zelley. (1) In collision with SS. JAN off Portland Breakwater.(2) Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DRO. Weymouth Shipping Register Board of Trade Wreck Returns 1910 Appx C Table 1 p119

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 902 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 892059 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 2 2024 4:23PM