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.
Times: Wednesday, March 3, 1886, Issue 31697 – The Britannia, ketch from Arbroath, Scotland for Weymouth, with potatoes, went ashore on Monday on the ledges abreast of Osmington Coastguard Station near Weymouth. The crew, four in number, were saved. The vessel may be got off. Ship Incident
Ketch – (LARN) – 3 miles SE of Portland Breakwater. Cargo RAILWAY COMPONENTS. Check BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1908-9, Appx. C Table 1 p98.
Very occasionally a wreck can even raise a smile. Such is the case of the Alioth at West bay. In May 1923 the German Ketch Alioth was preparing to leave Bridport harbour, a strong south west wind was blowing across the harbour entrance and the captain was advised to get a tow from the steam … Read Article
Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette – Tuesday 29 March 1892 Ketch – Captain W. Bridle. Cargo STONE (Limestone). (LARN) – 8 miles SSE of Portland Bill. BOT: 1892 Appx. C Table 1, p112.
Rochester Ketch – Captain T. E. Ward. (LARN, VLI.) – Kimmeridge Ledges, St Alban’s Head. Check Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn 1898 Appx. C Table 1 p139(711) & Farr: p86-87.
A plank of a boat has been washed ashore a few miles from Bridport, upon which, apparently cut with a knife, were the words, “Ada, sprung a leak. Tried to get to Portland. Send this to Harwich. LAYZERE, mate. Heavy sea. Foundered off Portland. Took to boat, expect all four to perish. Since this discovery … Read Article