Deeper Dorset

SANDHEAP

Dumb Barge, lost by its tow tug FLYING KESTREL went aground on Milkmaid Shoal, Poole Harbour. See LARN. & (Farr: p102). The lone seaman was rescued by Coxswain Robert Brown of the Swanage lifeboat.

Southern Times: “Since March, the cargo vessel SAND DART has been wedged on the rocks off St. Alban’s Head. It was pulled off a couple of weeks ago and towed to Portland Harbour and is now tied up at the Stone Firm’s Pier. It is to be patched up sufficiently for removal to Newhaven.” See … Read Article

SALSETTE

Steamship, Requisitioned P & O Liner [43M] – Captain A. B. Armitage. General Cargo. (Detail and photographs in Dive Dorset: 58 p56 to 58), (Divers guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed 5 p32 No. 51) – 50 29.66N; 02 43.02W. Article, Grahame Knott, Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed. 4, page 25. (Excellent detail also in … Read Article

SALATHIEL

Schooner – Cargo, Wheat. (LARN, 1869) – Portland Breakwater. “The vessel was left at anchor in Portland Roads when the Captain, Mate and a sailor left in the ship’s boat for a shore trip, leaving only the boy onboard. The wind increased to WNW force 10, and prevented the crew from returning. At 5.30 a.m. … Read Article

SAINT MICHAEL

French Ketch – Cargo, Vegetabls. (LARN) – 1 mile E Lyme Regis. Report states that the Weymouth Catholic Priest, Canon Julas Ketele acted as interpreter! Source Unknown.

SAGTERLAND VON BARGACOAL

Times: Monday, June 6, 1887, Issue 32091 – “The German schooner, Sagterland von Bargacoel, from Hamburg for Rio Grande, laden with general cargo, ran ashore on Kimmeridge Ledge on Friday afternoon and will probably become a total wreck. The Queen tug has gone to her assistance with Lloyd’s Agent on board. A further telegram from … Read Article

SAGGITARIO

Sailing Vessel; Austrian (Trieste) Pirate Brig. Captain Zaffron. Cargo, Cloth, Sugar & Log Wood. (LARN) Check out the Shipwreck Poster at Weymouth Library Reference L 910.4.SA.3. – Chesil Beach. All thirteen crew saved. The Morning Post, Tuesday, January 28, 1840, Issue 21533 has ‘Sagillario’, Captain Caffian from Antwerp to Constantinople during a gale, crew saved

ROTORUA 1

Liner [55M] – General Cargo. (Clarke: 50 18.47N; 02 59.73W) Torpedoed by German Submarine. Luckily all her passengers had been landed at Plymouth on 21/03/1917. The only life lost was the steward who fell overboard. Two patrol vessels picked up the crew and landed them at Weymouth. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. … Read Article

ROTA

Steamship [50M] – Cargo IRON (Ore). (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.98N; 03 18.92W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40, Oberleutnant Howaldt. The vessel sank quickly, killing the captain and four crew. The survivors were picked up by a patrol vessel which towed their small boats into Torquay. This same submarine had just sank the SALSETTE. Refs. LARN … Read Article

ROSA

Schooner – Captain T. Collins. Cargo GRANITE Chips. 7 miles E of Peveril Point, Swanage. (LARN, VLI.) Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1907 Appx. C Table 1 p109.