Maritime MPM1152 - PRINCE REGENT

British sloop which struck the Horse and Dean sand on the 18th December 1853 during a force 10 gale. Although the vessel was run ashore to prevent foundering, it became a total wreck on lumps beach. The crew were saved together with some of the sails and rigging.

British sloop which struck the Horse and Dean sand on the 18th December 1853 during a force 10 gale.

Information from the National Record of the Historic Environment [1]:

Summary: British Smack, 1853

Struck the Horse and Dean Sand in thick weather, during a SSE force 10 gale, due to stress of weather, and was run ashore on the mainland to prevent her foundering. Loss on vessel: #500; loss on cargo: #90. (1)(2) `Portsmouth, 19th December - The PRINCE REGENT (smack), De Janssarand, from Guernsey to London, in running within the White during the gale of last night, got on shore on the Horse Sand and became a total wreck on Lumps Beach; crew saved as well as some of the rigging and sails.' (3) Source (2) describes vessel as a sloop.

Master: De Janssarand
Crew: 4
Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
Adm.Wk.Reg.1853 p74

Sources:

(1) United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]

(2) Richard and Bridget Larn, 1995: Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames Section 1, Hampshire (BA)

(3) Lloyd's, 1969: Lloyd's list, Page(s) 4 No.12,399, 20-DEC-1853

English Heritage Unique Identifier: 1155711

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Data supplied by Hampshire AHBR 2014 [2]. Ref: 27671

Prince Regent, a British sloop, foundered of Lumps Beach, Southsea Castle, Portsmouth, 1853.

Source: LARN Index 1992

Coordinates: SZ46813698889

<1> English Heritage, 2012, English Heritage National Record of the Historic Environment (Unpublished document). SPM146.

<2> Hampshire County Council, 2014, Hampshire Archaeology and Historic Buildings Record (AHBR) (Index). SPM171.