This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location BRISTOL CHANNEL pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.
Event and Historical Information:
The MARY was a wooden sailing vessel on passage from London to Ireland. A report printed in Lloyds List on 1 December 1741 noted the master's name as Taylor and that the vessel had been lost in the Bristol Channel.
Sources include:
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds List, 1 December 1741, issue number 651
