GRYZELLE
Cutter – Captain W. L. Butt. (LARN, VLI.) – Oyster Bank, Poole Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1895 Appx. C Table 1 p162.
Time Period: 19th Century
GREYHOUND
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 detail. Also: Smack Hope of Weymouth, Deering master and owner was wrecked at Swanage. Him, his … Read Article
GREAT WESTERN
Times: Thursday, January 20, 1881, Issue 30096 – “The August, German barque from Dobey for Dundee, drove ashore at Portland in a gale on Tuesday. Got into Weymouth Harbour but on entering she ran into the Great Western steamer, smashing the lifeboat, rail etc.” Ship Incident
GREAT EASTERN
The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built on the River Thames, England. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling. Her length of 692 … Read Article
GRACE
Times: Friday, February 4, 1887, Issue 31987 – Lloyd’s Agent at Weymouth telegraphs that a steamer which put into Portland Roads on Wednesday evening reported that a three-masted vessel, with foremast gone, was 12 miles off the port disabled. The Queen, tug, went out for five hours, but saw nothing of her. The vessel’s name … Read Article
GOODWILL
Smack – Cargo, Furniture. (LARN) – Near Bincleaves. VLI. Check DCC: 31/01/1856.
GOOD INTENT of Weymouth
Times: Tuesday, October 21, 1862, Issue 24382 – Schooner Wesleyan of Portland to London (Portland Stone) was abandoned off Beachy Head in heavy seas. Ship Incident of a Local Vessel Ditto: The Good Intent of Weymouth from Shields for Teignmouth is ashore near Aldborough. Master, mate and one man drowned. Ship Incident of a Local … Read Article
GOOD INTENT of Weymouth
Times: Thursday, October 19, 1843, Issue 18431 – “The Good Intent of Weymouth, Cargo STONES, is ashore on Battery, Plymouth.” Ship Incident of a Local
GOOD OLD FATHER
Dorset Lifeboat record, William Flann awarded for saving 13 crew. National Lifeboat Records 1840.
GLOBE
Sailing Vessel – Captain Bell, Cargo COAL. Peveril Ledge, Swanage. LARN, VLI. Ref. Dor. Mag: 1976, No. 50, p18.