Time Period: 19th Century

OCEAN BRIDE

Schooner – Captain Anthony Michael. Cargo, Oats. (LARN) – Chesil Beach, Coastguard Station, Langton Herring. One crewman lost, John Fiyim. Refs. DCC: 25/01/1866 & BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1865-69 Table 21 p30.

NOUVELLE LOIRE

General Cargo. Captain Clement – French Barque – (LARN) – Portland Beach. There was a Sale “French Barque on Monday 27/12/1852, consisting of one part of the vessel, on the beach at Langton Preventive Station. The other part having ended up at Osmington was sold the next day. Refs. BOT: Hr 1849-60 p115(557) & Lloyds … Read Article

NOTRE DAME DE VICTOIRE

French Fishing Smack – (LARN) – Chesil Beach, near Langton. Came ashore with no one onboard… It assumed they were taken off by another vessel? Check Ref. DCC: 05/03/1868.

NORWICH

Cargo COAL? Struck on the anchor of another ship and sank. (LARN) – Weymouth Harbour. Check Sh. Merc: 26/07/1802.

NORVAL

Western Morning News – Wednesday 02 January 1861 Schooner – (LARN). Captain Corder. West Bay, Chesil Beach. Joseph White & William Flann led a crew of five men (David King, John Flann, John White, George Stone and Henry Mitchell) who put out in their own Lerret to save the crew, earning two silver medals from … Read Article

NORMANDY

Paddle Steamer [40M] (Clarke: GPS; 50 25.00N; 01 55.00W) NIL.

NOR Of Stettin

Times: Monday, November 5, 1888, Issue 32535 – “Fatal Collision In The Channel: On the arrival, last evening, at Weymouth of two shipwrecked crews, intelligence was received of a disastrous collision which took place about 2 o’clock yesterday morning some 30 miles east-north-east of St. Catherine’s Point, and by which it is feared 22 lives … Read Article

SS NOR

SS NOR Norwegian Schooner-rigged Steamer [6 to 12M] – (Detail and photograph in Dive Dorset: 75 p74) – SY 665 775 (Shore dive, Chesil Beach. Details in (LARN) & (LePard: pages 122 & 123) Weymouth Library Photo. L.910.4. M01 Neg. No.38. Rocket Apparatus used to rescue nineteen crew. See also Times DCC: 18/01/1887: Transcription K … Read Article

NO

Barque – (LARN, VLI.) – Cargo COAL – 13 miles SW of Portland Bill. Ref BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1873 Appx. C Table 1 p23.

NILE

Ketch – Vessel caught fire and sank at the mooring. (LARN) – Poole Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1888 Appx. C Table 3.