Maritime record LWT 559 - Wreck of the Alliance

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Summary

ENGLISH CARGO VESSEL, 1827 Status: Casualty

Location

Grid reference TM 5415 8997 (point)
Map sheet TM58NW
Civil Parish LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`Kessingland, near Lowestoffe, 28th Jan: The following vessels were driven on shore between this place and Lowestoffe during the gale of 26th inst., viz...ALLIANCE of Sunderland...cargo saved with little damage. It is now blowing strong from SW.' (1)

`Lowestoffe, 9th Feb...It blew very hard at ENE all last night and the vessels on the strand have suffered much...' (3)

Source (2) expresses the date of loss as the reporting date of 28-JAN-1827.

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Source Unchecked: Lloyds of London. 1969. Lloyd's list. 30-JAN-1827, No.6190.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Larn, R., Larn, B.. 1997. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire.
  • <S3> Source Unchecked: Lloyds of London. 1969. Lloyd's list. 13-FEB-1827, No.6194.

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Record last edited

May 31 2022 2:39PM

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