Deeper Dorset

BRITANNIA

Sloop – Cargo, Flour. Swanage. LARN, VLI. Ref. cited Dor. Mag: No. 58 p24.

BRILLIANT

Barque – Captain A. C. Bjerke. Cargo, Cedar Wood. (LARN, VLI.) – Poole Harbour. Ref. only BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table 1 p134.

Times: Monday, January 31, 1887, Issue 31983 – On Saturday a telegram was received from Guernsey announcing the total wreck of the Brighton of Weymouth, steamer, one of the boats belonging to the Weymouth and Channel Islands Steam Packet Company. The steamer left Weymouth at midnight on Friday, under the command of Captain Painter, with … Read Article

BRENDA

Times: Monday, September 30, 1872, Issue 27495 – Brenda, screw steamer, Coveney master, disabled at the Shambles was rescued by the Weymouth & Channel Islands steamship Cygnus. MI. Ship Incident See also Issue 27503 re-salvage.

BOURNEMOUTH

Paddle Steamer – Detail in Dive Dorset: 120 p100: GPS; 50 31.00N; 02 27.58W. (Southern Times: 03/09/1886) & (LARN) – West side of Pulpit Rock. Note: Name-board and dinner plates in Portland Museum. Report in DCC: 02/09/1886. (LePard: p83). Portland Museum Wreck No. 7. See Times Reports Report transcribed from DCC by K. V. Saunders; … Read Article

BOTHNIA

Times: Wednesday, September 5, 1883, Issue 30917 – “The Bothnia, barque of Liverpool, from the Tyne to Valparaiso, put into Weymouth on Monday, with the loss of sails, boat, and other damages; one man washed overboard, other injured, and the remainder of the crew refusing to proceed.”

BLIND CRICKET

Cruising Yacht – Captain R. Brindle. LARN – Capsized and sank near Poole. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1889 Appx C Table 1

BLANCHE

Yawl – Captain C. Wilcox. LARN, VLI. – Foundered in Poole Harbour entrance. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1890 Appx C Table 1 p107(619)

BLACK DIAMOND

BLACK DIAMOND [20/11/1865] – Schooner – Arrived off Bridport, ‘spoke’ to the schooner TRY AGAIN which having a pilot on board was waiting to enter the harbour. It was confirmed that they could also have a pilot. At 6pm the vessel missed three stays when close to the eastern shore near Burton Freshwater. Weather worsened … Read Article

BETSEY

Sailing Vessel – General Cargo (LARN, VLI.) – Chesil Cove. Check cited ref. Sh. Merc: 17/12/1806.