Deeper Dorset

ENTERPRISE

Barque – Cargo, Wood. (LARN, VLI.) – Chesil Beach, opposite Fleet. Ref. Lyme Regis RNLI Station Records

EMMA

Barque – Cargo, Wood. (LARN, VLI.) – Outside Lyme Regis Harbour. Refs. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1891 p12(h) & Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 1019(E).

Manchester Courier – Wednesday 23 April 1890 Times: Wednesday, April 23, 1890, Issue 32993 – “The French bark Ehen of Harve, from Bremen for Bordeaux, laden with rice, went ashore on the west side of Portland Bill at 8 p.m. on Monday, between Blacknor and the Upper Lighthouse. Ten men and the master’s wife were … Read Article

CHRISTIANA

332 Ton Norwegian Barque – (LARN) At 8 a.m. drove ashore on the beach where eight of her crew were saved by the Rocket Apparatus, two men drowned. Captain H. Haugensen. Chesil Cove. Ref. DCC: 06/09/1883. Christiana – 1883 Transcription by K. V. Saunders, The Island & Royal Manor of Portland Historic Sources. Note LARN … Read Article

BRILLIANT

Barque – Captain A. C. Bjerke. Cargo, Cedar Wood. (LARN, VLI.) – Poole Harbour. Ref. only BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table 1 p134.

BOTHNIA

Times: Wednesday, September 5, 1883, Issue 30917 – “The Bothnia, barque of Liverpool, from the Tyne to Valparaiso, put into Weymouth on Monday, with the loss of sails, boat, and other damages; one man washed overboard, other injured, and the remainder of the crew refusing to proceed.”

BERAR

Italian Sailing Barque – Interesting detail in Clarke: GPS; 50 41.90N; 03 00.29W) Captain L. Bertolotte. Cargo, Large quantity of sawn timber. This is very much a Devon wreck going ashore at a point between Culverhole Point and the centre of Charton Bay but accessible from Weymouth/Portland. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table … Read Article

BANK

Barque – (LARN) – Broadhope Ledge, Portland. Good Local Story. The cargo is listed as Cargo COAL, however additional cargo is believed to be Cargo RAILROAD IRON and Cargo FIRE BRICKS. The hull was brought by a John Way. Eleven seamen were sent to their homes by Mr R. Damon of the Shipwrecked Mariners Society. … Read Article

AUGUST

Times: Thursday, January 20, 1881, Issue 30096 – “The August, German barque from Dobey for Dundee, drove ashore at Portland in a gale on Tuesday. Got into Weymouth Harbour but on entering she ran into the Great Western steamer, smashing the lifeboat, rail etc.” Ship Incident

APACHE

Ships bell Recovered builders plate Here are the bits on the “APACHE” from the Newspaper Library. At the PRO at Kew there may be a little more detail on the ship itself so I will have a look when I next get there. There should also be a list of the other fourteen who didn’t … Read Article