Maritime record MWX1967 - Amyntas

The vessel was built in 1831 and her master was Hallett. (1-4) The `...master and three crew drowned. (1)(3)

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC.10.02.1842; Weymouth Library folio L614.868.P03

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

<2> Board of Trade, 1841, Parliamentary papers 1841, Board of Trade Select Committee on Shipwreck, p26 (Monograph). SWX5875.

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 608 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 7 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Dorset County Chronical: 10//2/1841: Brig - Captain Hallet. Cargo wood. Master and three crew drowned. Two crew saved. Chesil Cove. Weymouth Library Folio L.614.868. P03. Morning Post. December 11, 1841, Issue 22122 from the Western Luminary "We regret to state that the Amyntas, Robert Hallet, master bound from Quebec to Topsham, with timber, went ashore on Portland Beach during a gale on Tuesday morning last, and has become a total wreck. A large portion of the cargo has been saved: bt it is lamentable to add that the master and three of the crew, named Henry Sandford, John Ayre and Robert Ayre, lost their lives in consequence." See also 'Noble Conduct of a Portland Man' - J. Hansford saves two men. George Arden Esq. is named as Lloyd's Agent. Bodies of Hallet, John Harris (Cook) and Robert Harris recovered. The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser, Saturday, December 18, 1841, Issue 214.

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