ATLAS
American Brig of Boston, E. Adams – (Morning Post, December 10, 1831, Issue 19033) – Chesil Cove. Nine men including the captain were saved. Ref. cited is the Southern Times: 18 & 25/03/1876? Check this ref. from the Dor. Mag: 1976 No. 50 p19.
Time Period: 19th Century
ATLANTIC of Weymouth
Times: Monday, October 27, 1862, Issue 24387 – Thisted? The Atlantic of Weymouth, from Honfleur for Sunderland, in ballast was wrecked, crew saved.
ATHLETE
Brigantine – Captain McDonald. Cargo, Guano. LARN. Was seen to founder by the Coastguard at Portland Bill. Later the vessel AMELIAN, master Profit, arrived at Bridlington Bay on the 21st March where she had landed a boy named John McHaven who they had picked up on the 12th off Portland from the ATHLETE – Portland … Read Article
ARTHUR LE JUVENALE
French Brig – (LARN, VLI.) – Chesil Beach, near Langton Herring. One crew member, a boy, was drowned. Check ref. Sh. Merc: 19/03/1821.
ARKLOW
Glasgow Steamship – Captain David Kerr. General Cargo. (Interesting salvage information in LARN) – E end of Kimmeridge Ledges, St Alban’s Head. Note: Sale of Wreck, Mr Sydney Milledge & Son. Other references: Southern Times: 27/11/1880; Farr: p85 & Legg: p37.
ARETHUSA
Sailing Vessel – “Among the dead was John Gill, nephew of the Reverend Dacre Clemetson, chaplain to the gaol in this town. He sailed in the ARETHUSA three weeks since leaving London, and the lapse of time led to a reasonable hope that the vessel was safely through the channel before the tempest. The shock … Read Article
ANTELOPE
Times: Wednesday, June 11, 1890, Issue 33035 – “Yesterday morning, the steamer Antelope of Weymouth, belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, went ashore on rocks at the Head of Roussel, Guernsey, during a dense fog. She was outward bound from Weymouth to the Channel Islands. By the afternoon she had been towed into the … Read Article
ANNE MARGUERITE
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. Misc News
ANN & EMILY
Schooner – Cargo COAL. The Cobb @ Lyme Regis. See Lyme Coal Boat Disaster. Ref. LARN; & DCC: 10/01/1867: Times Times: Thursday, January 10, 1867, Issue 25704 – Letter to the Editor: Report on the Extreme Gales at Lyme Regis. The Spec, The Ann and Emily, The Panda and The Vulcan were driven from the … Read Article
ANN of Weymouth
Times: Thursday, June 16, 1859, Issue 23334 – May 13, The Ann of Weymouth foundered at Bardsey, Holyhead. Ship Incident Local Vessel