Schooner of Inverness bound from St Domingo for London – Captain A. Z. Speight. Cargo, Mahogany. (LARN & Farr: p45.) Note: The bodies of the six crew were placed in coffins and laid side by side in a small hut, previously used as Lloyd’s Signal Station. – Shag Cliff, Portland. Other refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. … Read Article
Collision Only with the DANIEL – Ref. Portland Historic Searches: NIL.
Sailing Vessel – Captain A. B. Mansell. Peveril Point, Swanage. BOT: Wk. Rtn 1884. LARN, VLI.
Smack – Wrecked on Chesil Beach – Fleming: p26 VLI.
Fishing Smack – Captain G. Gust – (LARN, VLI.) – Lyme Regis. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1881 Appx. C Table 1.
Portsmouth Schooner – (LARN) – Cargo GRANITE. Seen by the Coastguard, attempts were made in a force 10 gale, to rescue the crew. However, the vessel keeled over and all were lost. Broad Bench, W side of Kimmeridge Bay. BOT: USC 1868; The Telegram: 01/10/1868 & Farr: p83. This tragedy led to the RNLI to … Read Article
Times: Thursday, May 31, 1860, Issue 23634 – Recent Storm: Northeast England. Driven ashore; Liberty of Weymouth. Ship Incident of a Local Vessel
From Odessa for Falmouth, only two crew saved, five lost. French Brig – Cargo Rye. (LARN, VLI.). Chesil Beach. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1859 Table 19 p24.
Times: Monday, July 25, 1887, Issue 32133 – “A Steamer Ashore – Early yesterday morning one of the Wilson Line Steamers, the Lepanto, from New York to Hull, ran ashore near Ringstead, a few miles east of Weymouth during fog. By noon however, she got off without receiving any damage.” Ship Incident
Dutch Galliot – Chesil Cove. May be a victim of the 1824 Gale? The LARN reference is not recognised Sh. Journal: 03/12/1824 (Sh. Merc?) Also Dor. Mags: 1975; No.49 & 1976, No.50, p18.