Maritime record MWX2053 - William Pitt (Pitt) 1795

Additional cargo was described only as `stores. (1)(5) `The PITT, Horn, a transport, is lost near St. Albans. Crew saved. (2) `The WILLIAM PITT (transport) is on shore near Poole. (3) On shore near Incomb (Encombe) west of St Oldham's (Aldhelm's) Head (5) The vessel type is given as a transport in (3), in the contemporary sense, which included the transport of ordnance and/or military stores. Built: 1776 Master: Horn (2); John Thorn (5) Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional cargo was described only as `stores.' <1>

`The PITT, Horn, a transport, is lost near St. Alban's. Crew saved.'

A gale appears to have occurred, both from the number of vessels lost, and from the mention of other vessels `safe in Weymouth and Portland Roads after the gale.' <2>

`The WILLIAM PITT (transport) is on shore near Poole.' <3>

The vessel type is given as a transport in <2> in the contemporary sense, which included the transport of ordnance and/or military stores.
The WILLIAM PITT, transport, was driven on shore at Encombe, in the Isle of Purbeck, crew and troops saved. (6)
Built: 1776
Master: Horn <2>; John Thorn <4>
Date of Loss Qualifier: A

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

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 20-NOV-1795, No.2769 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 24-NOV-1795, No.2770 (Serial). SWX8434.

<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> Boult, E, 2003, Christian's Fleet, A Dorset Shipping Tragedy. (Monograph). SWX8136.

<6> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, 15 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<7> The Hampshire Chronicle, Saturday 28-NOV-1795, No. 1192, p22 (Serial). SDO20130.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900572 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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