Guernsey Brig – Captain J. Blackler. Cargo GRANITE, 150 tons. Poole Lifeboat MANLEY WOOD eventually made about three trips to try and save this vessel. 36 labourers were put aboard to lighten the vessel by ditching granite. The crew were eventually saved. Hook Sands, Poole Harbour. Excellent detail in Farr: p116. Ref. T.TE? 21/11/1867 ref. … Read Article
Bridgewater ketch – Cargo, Wheat. LARN & Ref. Farr: p121-122. Under tow the line parted and was blown ashore. Poole Lifeboat CITY MASONIC CLUB tried salvage with pumps for 5 hours but failed. Her crew of four and the pilot were rescued. – Studland Bay.
Brigantine – (LARN) Captain H. Parry. Cargo SLATE & Cargo STONE for Hamburg. Encombe Ledges, Kimmeridge. Refs. Farr: p85; BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1877 Appx. Pts. I-IV p84 & Lloyd’s Register: 1874-5 No. 920(C).
The Colville – West Indiaman – 1824 On the night of the 22nd and 23rd of November 1824 the South West Coast of England was to experience one of its worst ever gales which not only caused havoc at sea. Seventeen died on the COLVILLE, homeward bound from West Indies to London. One of the … Read Article
Brigantine – Captain W. R. Owen. Cargo PIPE CLAY. (LARN) 15 miles SE of Portland Bill. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1884 Appx. Pt. I-VI p102. & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 961(C). Times: Wednesday, January 21, 1885, Issue 31349 – “The steamer Chilton, of West Hartlepool, landed at Dover yesterday morning the crew of the brigantine … Read Article
Brig – Captain H. Sandy. Cargo COAL. Hook Sands, Poole Harbour. LARN, VLI. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 982(C).& BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1881 Appx. I-IV p130.
Armed Steamship – Captain R. C. Jones. Cargo COAL. (LARN) Hengistbury Head [18M]. (Clarke: GPS; 50 39.65N; 01 46.72W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-57 whilst on her maiden voyage. Seven crew killed, the rest were picked up by a warship and landed at Poole. Refs. Dor. Mag: Special Edition p11; Diver. June 1979 p24. & … Read Article
Steamship [39M] – Captain Furlong. Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.85N; 03 11.44W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40 Oberleutnant Howaldt. (LARN South Devon 1917) Refs. PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2963; Lloyd’s Register: WW1 No. 1193; Dive South Cornwall: p53 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1 p6.
Stranded French Brig Cinq Sæures of about 170 tons Weymouth Auction Records (Courtesy Margaret Morris FOWM) “Mr Pothecary announced to ‘orn Factors, Ship Owners and others the sale on West Bay Beach, opposite Fleet Coast Guard Station, the Sale of the Stranded French Brig Cinq Sæures of about 170 tons burthen. The sale to begin … Read Article
Steamship – Cargo Ammunition. [61M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 19.069N; 03 03.47.5W) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-48. The crew were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed at Weymouth. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No9. 957(C); LCWLR: WW1, p107; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p38 & British Merchant Ships … Read Article