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| HER Number: | MDV18305 |
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| Name: | Lalla Rookh |
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Summary
Wrecked in 1873, on prawle point.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 772 349 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX73SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chivelstone |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHIVELSTONE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73SE/27
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WRECK (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
ELLIOT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122415.
The lalla rookh, from shanghai to london, with a valuable cargo of tea and tobacco, was wrecked in march 1873, on prawle point, owing to fog, rain, considerable wind and miscalculation. All the crew except one were saved. The coastguards saved many bales of the cargo of tobacco (elliot).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178122.
Elliot, e. A. S. /dcnq/5,pt.1(1908-1909)158/historic wrecks in bigbury and start bays.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178123.
Larn, r. /devon shipwrecks/(1974)99.
Larn, R., 1974, Devon Shipwrecks (Monograph). SDV741.
Struck prawle point then drifted into a small cove, where the mizzenmast fell through her bottom plates, and she filled (larn).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV122415 | Migrated Record: ELLIOT. |
| SDV178122 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV178123 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV741 | Monograph: Larn, R.. 1974. Devon Shipwrecks. Devon Shipwrecks. Hardback Volume. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 1 2008 3:29PM |
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