Time Period: 19th Century

SPRIGHT of Weymouth

Times: Tuesday, February 20, 1861, Issue 23854 – Gales: Note: “On Feb 10, the Spright of Weymouth foundered off the Longscar Rock near Hartlepool. All crew drowned.” Ship Incident of a Local Vessel

SPRITE

SPRITE, Parsons, of this Port was stranded on Portland Beach. Expected to be got off. The Morning Post, January 7, 1854, Issue 24976.

SPIRITELY

French Brig – Wrecked on the Chesil Beach with the loss of her entire crew and five brave Portland men who tried in vain to save them. (Fleming: p18) Needs further local research. NIL

SPIDER

Pilot Boat – DCC: 30/11/1865. – Portland Breakwater. NIL DCC: 30/11/1865 “It is feared the two men belonging to the pilot cutter SPIDER, of Cowes, have perished in the gale. It would appear that the cutter with four hands piloted into Portland roadstead on Saturday the barque DUSTY MILLER, and that the master of the … Read Article

SPEEDY

Sailing Vessel – Captain Wilkinson. (LARN) – Reported Cargo TIN Ingots. – Passage Bridge, near Weymouth. Check the Ref. Southern Times: 11/01/1879. See Times Times: Thursday, January 9, 1879, Issue 29460 – “The Speedy, cutter of Jersey, from Penance for Havre, laden with block tin has gone ashore near Passage Bridge, between Weymouth and Portland; … Read Article

SPECULATION

Sloop – 1.5 miles off Christchurch. Cargo STONE (LIMESTONE, may be chippings?) LARN, VLI. & BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1873-80. Summery Part III p102-3.

SPEAK

The Cobb, Lyme Regis. Lyme Coal Boat Disaster. Ref. DCC: 10/01/1867. Times Listed as SPEC [10/2/1867] 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 Cobb and wrecked on … Read Article

SOUVENIR of Weymouth

Times: Tuesday, July 17, 1877, Issue 28996 – St. Nazaire, July 16, The Souvenir of Weymouth from Santander for Falmouth with wheat has been abandoned off Ushant. Crew landed here. Ship Incident of a Local Vessel.

SOUTH OF IRELAND

Paddle Steamer SOUTH OF IRELAND – (LARN) Wagon Rock, Worbarrow Bay. Transcripts by K. V. Saunders from DCCs: 27/12/1883 & 10/01/1884. Also BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1883 Appx. Pts I-VI p114: Farr: p85; Lloyds List: 27/12/1883(R) & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 801(S). See also Times DCC:27/12/1883; “Wreck of a Weymouth Steamer – The Great Western Railway … Read Article

SOPHIA

French Chasse-Maree – (LARN) – Netherfield, Isle of Portland. ? Master & Boy drowned but only the Masters son recovered. Refs. DCC: 09/12/1830. & Dor. Mag; 1976 No. 50 p19. Times: December 7, 1830 – The French Galliot SOPHIE, of Nantes, Jaques Fromentin Master, last from Camaret, nears Brest, which port she left on Friday … Read Article