TR 34 SW 287 - Reck of Ranger, Dover, Kent - Historic Environment Record

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Maritime record TR 34 SW 287 - Reck of Ranger, Dover, Kent

Summary

The Ranger was a British Troopship which drove ashore on the south pier head at Dover during a 'most violent gale' on the 8th of January 1811. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)

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Grid reference	TR 3326 4061 (point)
Map sheet	TR34SW
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Ranger was a British Troopship, Master: Younger Date of Loss Qualifier: R Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. Lloyds List No.4526, 08.01.1811(Tue) (1)

Lloyd's list (2526 8th of January 1811) notes that: 'During a most violent gale of wind from E.N.E on Friday Night and nearly the whole of Saturday, the following losses and accidents occurred […] The Ranger Transport (sailed by) Younger of Kirkaldy, parted from her anchors and cables and drove on shore behind the South Pier Head at Dover. Her stores aned rigging saved'. (2)

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Lloyds Coffee House, 1734, Lloyd's List: shipping journal (Bibliographic reference). SKE31904.

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<1> SKE6340 Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
<2>XY SKE31904 Bibliographic reference: Lloyds Coffee House. 1734. Lloyd's List: shipping journal. [Mapped feature: #11415 Wreck site, ]

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2019 2:22PM