Maritime record MWX2082 - Florinda 1752

1752 wreck of a cargo vessel which foundered on St Alban's Ledge. She was en route from Bristol to Poole. Status: Casualty Loss Date: 18/02/1752

`...foundered the 18th instant on St. Albans Lodge (sic), but the people were saved. (2)(3) Master: Greg (2); Gregg (1)(3) Grigg (4) Crew lost: 0 (4)

'POOLE, Feb. 24…Tuesday last the FLORINDA, Grigg, bound hither from Bristol, was lost in St Alban's Race, the Crew saved. (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A


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, 25-FEB-1752, No.1697 (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> Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 3, XVII, Monday 02-MAR-2016, No. 736 (Serial). SWX6825.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 367 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900472 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 12:18PM