Vessel Type: Cargo

CHIMERA of Weymouth

Times: Saturday, January 22, 1881, Issue 30098 – “The Chimera of Weymouth, schooner, from Sunderland for Shoreham laden with coals, went ashore on Thursday night on Ryde Sand Head. The Victoria, tug is trying to tow her off.”

CHARLOTTE

Schooner – (LARN) Of interest! Cargo STONE, sank at anchor, crew saved. Divers employed to get up cargo, after which the hull was weighed, floated into shallow water and abandoned. Portland Roads. Admiralty Wk. Rtn. 1853 p48-49 SCHOONER SUNK – At an early hour on Saturday morning last, the Charlotte, a small schooner lying at … Read Article

CERERA

Russian cargo ship bound for Odessa, ran aground East of St Alban’s Head. See LePard: pages 40 & 41. NIL. CERERA Times: Tuesday, April 16, 1907, Issue 38308 – Russian steamship Cerera, Riga for Odessa, has gone ashore one mile east of St Alban’s Head. Tug Queen, and Monarch steamship in attendance. 11ft of water … Read Article

CATTLE BOAT

DCC: 04/03/1869 “During the last few days the carcases of several bullocks have been washed on shore in this neighbourhood. On Wednesday, the 17th, two were cast up at St. Alban’s Head, three at Kimmeridge, and one at Langton. On Thursday, the 18th, three bullocks and a hog were washed on shore at Worbarrow; on … Read Article

CATHERINE AND ALICE

Times: Thursday, May 15, 1884, Issue 31134 – “The Catherine and Alice schooner, of Nevin, from Middlesborough, with coals, was picked up derelict off St. Alban’s Head at 4 a.m. yesterday by the William Martyn, schooner, of Padstow, which took her into Weymouth. The crew is safe.” Note: Issue 31207 ‘Scuttling a Ship’ “Judgment was … Read Article

CATHERINE McIVER

Arbroath Schooner – Captain J. Stevenson. Cargo China Clay from Par to Sunderland – (LARN) – Kimmeridge Ledges. Refs. Farr: p85 & Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 418(C).

CASTLEREAGH

Coaster [37M] Off Anvil Point. (Clarke: GPS; 50 34.83N; 01 56.10W) Cargo COAL. Crew drowned. The bell with the old name was recovered. Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: p132. & Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1926 No.6872(N).

CARVALHO

West Indiaman – Cargo, Cotton & Rum. Lost a few yards from the beach, seventeen of twenty bodies recovered – Chesil Beach, off Fleet. Victim of the 1824 Gale. Sh. Merc: 29/11/1824. (Also LARN)

CARL JOHN

Brig – Captain Peter Walrood. Cargo, Salt. LARN, VLI. White Pits, Poole. Refs. cited are the Sh. Merc: 12/03/1824. & Dor. Mag: No.50. 1976, p18.

CAAERMANO DE CAMARINAS

Caaermano De Camerinas, Spanish Brig – Cargo Sugar, Wine and Mahogany. Balaclava Bay. (LARN) Note: Rocket Apparatus. Ed C has a print. Seven rockets fired, one of which set the rigging alight. The crew initially failed to understand how the apparatus was supposed to be used. One crew man tied the rope around his waste, … Read Article