Smack. This record comes from the Portland Parish Register. See below. 854 – “Jeremiah SMITH; a man found drowned supposed to be J S captain of the Corkrump”. 855 – “SMITH; a man found drowned supposed to be the son of the above named J S.” 856 – “a man found drowned supposed to be … Read Article
Guernsey Brig – Captain J. Blackler. Cargo GRANITE, 150 tons. Poole Lifeboat MANLEY WOOD eventually made about three trips to try and save this vessel. 36 labourers were put aboard to lighten the vessel by ditching granite. The crew were eventually saved. Hook Sands, Poole Harbour. Excellent detail in Farr: p116. Ref. T.TE? 21/11/1867 ref. … Read Article
Times: Thursday, February 6, 1879, Issue 29484 – Letter to the Editor: ‘A Dangerous Coast.’ Mentions stranding of the American Frigate, Constitution; Danish Barque Anne Marguerite (Swanage Bay) Also need for lighthouses etc, etc
Brigantine – (LARN) Captain H. Parry. Cargo SLATE & Cargo STONE for Hamburg. Encombe Ledges, Kimmeridge. Refs. Farr: p85; BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1877 Appx. Pts. I-IV p84 & Lloyd’s Register: 1874-5 No. 920(C).
Schooner – General Cargo. Crew saved in their own boat. (LARN) Portland. Ref. ADM Wk Rtn. 1853 p36-37. See Times.
Captain William Bence. Schooner – (LARN) – Driven in to Chesil Cove. At the court of Petty Sessions, Samuel Wingate of Portland, was fined £20 for stealing part of the cargo of this vessel, and in default of payment was committed to six months hard labour in the house of correction. William Flann, received a … Read Article
Schooner – Captain J. Good. Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis Custom House Ship Register 1786 – 1880. Also LARN, but VLI.
The Colville – West Indiaman – 1824 On the night of the 22nd and 23rd of November 1824 the South West Coast of England was to experience one of its worst ever gales which not only caused havoc at sea. Seventeen died on the COLVILLE, homeward bound from West Indies to London. One of the … Read Article
Schooner – (LARN) – Chesil Cove, off Wyke. Methodist Graveyard & Fortunes Hill ??? Story of Pears Missionaries. Victim of the of 1838 Gale. Ref. Dor. Mag: 1975 No. 49 p23. Columbine – 1838 “Left Gravesend on her 16th voyage to the Gambia on Friday, November 22nd, amongst her passengers being the Reverend and Mrs … Read Article
Lyme Regis Harbour. LARN, VLI. Check DCC: 20/03/1871.