WILD WAVE, Brigantine of Exeter – Cargo COAL “Making for Poole struck the Peveril Ledge, near Swanage. Luckily the Coastguard saw the accident, ordered two gigs to be manned and the Rocket Apparatus to be taken to the cliffs. The second line fired fell between the masts and was secured, but no sooner had this … Read Article
Sailing Vessel – Captain I. Martin. Cargo COAL. (LARN, VLI.) – North Haven Point, Poole. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1893 Appx. C Table 1 p108.
Times: Thursday, May 14, 1891, Issue 33324 – The Waterford of Weymouth, Official number 161 which sailed from Barryport for Ore Creek, Faversham, with a cargo of coal, reported missing by Lloyd’s. NMI. Ship Incident
May not have been damaged? See Lyme Coal Boat Disaster. NIL. 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 Cobb and wrecked on the beach. Detailed report … Read Article
French Lugger. Cargo, vegetables. Bad weather meant that the vessel could not get around St Alban’s Head, anchored but cables parted and she drove onto the shore. The crew against the captains orders left in the ship’s boat forcing him to join them. Three crew were drowned. Lost near St Alban’s Head. LARN. Ref. Southern … Read Article
Times: Monday, November 30, 1868, Issue 26295 – On 26th; Villanova for Ghent, cargo of figs & almonds, foundered off Portland. Crew rescued by Pilot Cutter Spider. Ship Incident.
A 74 ton wooden hulled Ketch Verbena – Captain C. Marshall. Cargo, Culm. (Fleming: p35), (LePard: pages 96 & 97) & (LARN) – Weymouth Library Photo L910.4.VE5 – Wrecked on the rocks at Blacknor Point, Portland. Wreck was sold where she lay wrecked. See Times References: BOT Wk. Rtn. 1903 Appx. C Table 1 p119 … Read Article
Norwegian Steamship – Captain O. Amble. Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 27.30N; 02 24.12W.) & (LARN) – Scuttled by German Submarine, 4 miles off Portland Bill. Refs. Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p105; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No. 208(V) & LCWLR: WW1, p131.
Schooner – Captain G. Edwards. Cargo COAL. (LARN, VLI.) – Ball’s Sand, Studland Bay. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1898 Appx. C Table 1 p135(707) & Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1898(E) p12 & Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 119(V)
Swedish Steamship Cargo COAL. [46M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.18N; 03 00.57W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-104, Oberleutnant Bieber on route to Penarth, S Wales. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p121; Dive South Cornwall: p53 & MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. No. 013304045.