A 200 Ton Norwegian Brig – Captain Abrahamson. Cargo, Deals. (LARN, VLI.) Opposite the Railway Station at Chesil Beach. All seven crew rescued. Refs. Southern Times: 17/10/1891; Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1891 p14(h) & Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 3670(O)
Lloyd’s List – Wednesday 12 April 1876 Times: Wednesday, April 12, 1876, Issue 28601 – Weymouth’ April 11: The Ondine, bark, of and for Marseilles from London, was abandoned at 3.00p.m. this morning between Start Point and Portland. Ship Incident
Ketch, Cargo Bridport Grit – Captain Grane. (LARN, VLI.) – Near Bridport Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1895 Appx. C Table 1 p135. & Farr: p28.
Yawl, Captain J. Bremner. (LARN, VLI.) Lost at Lulworth Cove. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1882 Appx. C Table 1.
Schooner – Captain Anthony Michael. Cargo, Oats. (LARN) – Chesil Beach, Coastguard Station, Langton Herring. One crewman lost, John Fiyim. Refs. DCC: 25/01/1866 & BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1865-69 Table 21 p30.
General Cargo. Captain Clement – French Barque – (LARN) – Portland Beach. There was a Sale “French Barque on Monday 27/12/1852, consisting of one part of the vessel, on the beach at Langton Preventive Station. The other part having ended up at Osmington was sold the next day. Refs. BOT: Hr 1849-60 p115(557) & Lloyds … Read Article
French Fishing Smack – (LARN) – Chesil Beach, near Langton. Came ashore with no one onboard… It assumed they were taken off by another vessel? Check Ref. DCC: 05/03/1868.
Western Morning News – Wednesday 02 January 1861 Schooner – (LARN). Captain Corder. West Bay, Chesil Beach. Joseph White & William Flann led a crew of five men (David King, John Flann, John White, George Stone and Henry Mitchell) who put out in their own Lerret to save the crew, earning two silver medals from … Read Article
Times: Monday, November 5, 1888, Issue 32535 – “Fatal Collision In The Channel: On the arrival, last evening, at Weymouth of two shipwrecked crews, intelligence was received of a disastrous collision which took place about 2 o’clock yesterday morning some 30 miles east-north-east of St. Catherine’s Point, and by which it is feared 22 lives … Read Article
Barque – (LARN, VLI.) – Cargo COAL – 13 miles SW of Portland Bill. Ref BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1873 Appx. C Table 1 p23.