Deeper Dorset

HOUND

(LARN) – Large piece of this wreck was washed up in 1840 opposite the Race Ground ?? Refs. Dor. Mag: 1976 No. 50 p19 & DCC: 06/02/1840.

HORATIO

Guernsey Smack – Captain Roberts (LARN) – Drove ashore on the West Beach, opposite Wyke. Cargo BRICKS & wine. – Wyke Beach, Weymouth. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 10/11/1852 & ADM: Wk. Rtn. 1852.

Lyme Regis, Dandy /Smack – The Honfleur fishing smack VICTOIRE DESIREE braved the Portland Race to save three crew. Pierre Picard thus joined the distinguished band of Frenchmen to received a silver medal from the National Lifeboat Institution. Farr: p39.

HOPE

Schooner – (LARN) Captain Harris. Collision with JACOBUS. 20 miles S St Alban’s Head. Ref. Adm. Wk. Reg. 1852 p40-41. & Lloyds List: No. 18/02/1852.

HOPE

Information from the A. E. Cocksedge Archive. A Portland built boat. Wrecked on the Peveril Ledges. Times: Saturday, December 25, 1819, Issue 10811 – Weymouth: Extreme Gales: Interesting report; Galley from HMS Hind commanded by 26 year old, Mr. James Hall was washed overboard at Radcliff-point (Redcliff?) Boat beached a mile from the Esplanade. More … Read Article

HOPE

Sailing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) Captain Wildman. – Near St Alban’s Head. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 4639: 13/02/1812.

HMS HIND

Extreme Gales: Interesting report; Galley from HMS Hind commanded by 26 year old, Mr. James Hall was washed overboard at Radcliff-point (Redcliff?) Boat beached a mile from the Esplanade. More detail. Also: Smack Hope of Weymouth, Deering master and owner was wrecked at Swanage. Him, his two sons, and one crew drowned. A boat from … Read Article

HIGHLANDER

Sailing Vessel – Captain Holmes. (LARN, VLI.) – Weymouth Harbour. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 4526: 08/01/1811.

HESLEDON HALL

Steamship – Captain T. Austin. Cargo IRON (Ore). (LARN) – 30 miles off Portland Bill. Southern Times: 31/07/1880 p5; ‘Sank following a collision with the London registered steamship TERLINGS. The vessel sank within minutes her bow having been stove in.’ Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 18(H)(Supp).

HEROINE

Sailing Barque [25M] (Detail in LARN) & (Clarke: GPS; 50 40.52N; 02 56.15W) – Extensively Salvaged – Lyme Regis. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1849-60 p116; BOT: USC 1852 p589-90; The Times Newspaper: 11/01/1854 p7. & Farr: p19. Excellent Article in Dive Dorset: p38-41 Site 23. Back to Other Gales. Report 1 – Reference Farr p 19. … Read Article