Deeper Dorset

HARRY

Sailing Barge – Captain R. Watts. (LARN, VLI.) – Poole Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1897 Appx. C Table 3 p172.

Schooner – Weymouth. LARN, VLI – Refs. BOT: USC. 1860 p610-611 & DCC:03/01/1860 DCC:03/01/1860 “The Gale of Wednesday Night – During the gale that raged on Wednesday night two vessels have become wrecks, at least for the present they may be put down so, though there is a shadow of a chance of one being … Read Article

HARDY

Barque – General Cargo. Captain McKenzie. (LARN) Freshwater / Kimmeridge Ledges. “The vessel was abandoned in thick fog, her crew and passengers all saved. Steamships are being used to save the cargo. The passengers were a Portuguese gentleman, his wife and child, who were in the state cabin. The Captain McKenzie had never previously navigated … Read Article

HAPPY RETURN

Captain Brooker. “Much of the cargo was saved” – Poole Harbour. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2670: 05/12/1794.

GUYENNE

Times: Friday, January 16, 1885, Issue 31345 – “Intelligence from Kimmeridge, telegraphed from Corfe castle reports that the Guyenne, French steamer, which struck on the Kimmeridge Ledges on Wednesday, has got off and proceeded to Weymouth assisted by tugs. Damage slight; had jettisoned part of the cargo to get off.” Ship Incident

GROF TISZA ISTVAN

Times: Wednesday, December 13, 1911, Issue 39767 – “The Austrian steamer Grof Tisza Istvan, was in collision with the steamer Condor at Portland, Dorset and was beached in Portland Harbour holed amidships and with the engine room and stokehold full of water. The Gróf Tisza Istvan is owned by the Hungarian Levant Steamship Company, and … Read Article

GRIPFAST

Steamship, Admiralty Collier [46M] – (Comprehensive detail in Dive Dorset: 113 p97: GPS: 50 25.43N; 02 29.95W) – Bombed by German Aircraft, 13.5 miles SE of Portland Bill. Cargo COAL. Had picked up survivors from S.S. ROSTEN sunk the same day. Refs. LCWLR: WW2, p488-9 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW2, p64. E-Boat Raid

GRELEEN

Steamship – Captain J. H. F. Clement. Cargo IRON (Ore). [40] (Clarke: p50: GPS; 50 22.66N; 03 13.87W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-40, Oberleutnant Howaldt. Seven men were picked up four hours after the sinking by the Norwegian S. S. BOB. The Captain, a passenger and 17 crew were lost. Bell recovered. Refs. LARN South … Read Article

GORIZIA

Steamship [52M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 41 p50 & Clarke: GPS; 50 25.72N; 02 47.38W. Scuttled by a German Submarine, 20 miles SW of Portland Bill. General Cargo, Cargo METAL (including 6 inch brass die discs). Also LARN, VLI & LCWLR: WW1, p126.

GOODWILL

Smack – Cargo, Furniture. (LARN) – Near Bincleaves. VLI. Check DCC: 31/01/1856.