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MARY

Captain Luce. Near Poole. LARN, VLI. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 4215: 25/12/1801.

Times: January 10, 1879, Issue 29461 – The Martha of Weymouth from Guernsey, laden with stone (Guernsey Granite) for London, got ashore at 6am, January 8, near Fishbourne Creek and remains. Ship Incident of a Local Vessel

MARNHILL of Weymouth

Times: Monday, February 12, 1883, Issue 30741 – “Lloyd’s Agent at Lowestoft telegraphed on Saturday that the brig, Marnhill of Weymouth, Captain Fowler. From London for Middlesborough laden with scrap iron, grounded on the Pakefield Gat that morning. The crew, except one man were saved by the Keeingland lifeboat. The vessel is a wreck.” Ship … Read Article

MARIE THERESA

Barque – Cargo PATENT FUEL (Blocks) – (LARN) – Beer Pan Rocks, Hengistbury Head. Check Bournemouth Guardian: 07/01/1899 & Photograph & Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1898(H) p15.

MARIE REINE

The Marie Reine was a French Barque wrecked on the Chesil Beach, Portland on the 24th January, 1875. The details of this tragic event were recorded in The Penny Illustrated Paper & The Southern Times. The oil painting above (Picture 1), was painted by a very talented Portland artist by the name of Charles White. … Read Article

MARIE LOUISE

MARIE LOUISE Brig – Near Weymouth Bay. Note: John Mantle a Coastguard was awarded a silver medal for rescuing the crew. See also Victorian History of Dorset p.224. “The loss of a French ship off Weymouth in October, 1839, may be mentioned because John Mantle, a coastguardsman, saved the people by swimming off to her … Read Article

MARIE LEOCADIE

Barque – Captain J. Sternbridge. Cargo COAL (LARN) – Between the piers at Bridport Harbour. Blocked to harbour, the coal was cleared. Ref. DCC: 06/02/1868; Lloyd’s Register: 1868 No. 334(M) & Farr: p28.

MARIE JOSEPH

MARIE JOSEPH Schooner – Cargo COAL – East of Preston Coastguard Station. DCC:22/12/1881. Note: “Went ashore at the same place as the RAVENSWORTH sometime ago”? NLR? & Dorchester Telegram: 23/12/1888. See also Times “Shipping Casualties – During the heavy gale of Saturday the French smack ABONDANCE, Le Claires, from Rouen to Exeter, with a cargo … Read Article

MARIE DES ISLES

Trawler [36M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.10N; 03 16.72W). VLI NIL.

MARIE ALIENE

WRECK OF A FRENCH SCHOONER. A stirring though sad episode In the uneventful life of this little village was the wreck early on Sunday morning of the French schooner Marie Aliene, of Nantes. The vessel, it seems, had been in collision late Saturday night with an unknown vessel off Portland, and with 8ft. of water … Read Article