Portsmouth Schooner – (LARN) – Cargo GRANITE. Seen by the Coastguard, attempts were made in a force 10 gale, to rescue the crew. However, the vessel keeled over and all were lost. Broad Bench, W side of Kimmeridge Bay. BOT: USC 1868; The Telegram: 01/10/1868 & Farr: p83. This tragedy led to the RNLI to … Read Article
Brig built in Weymouth. Captain Mills – (LARN, VLI.) – Portland Roads. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2691: 17/02/1795.
Schooner – Captain J. Murtagh. (LARN) – 14 miles SE Portland Bill. Sank following a collision with S.S. LYNX of Milford. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. Appx. C Table 1 p155 & Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 339(L).
Sailing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – Portland. Check ref. Sh. Merc: 10/10/1755.
From Odessa for Falmouth, only two crew saved, five lost. French Brig – Cargo Rye. (LARN, VLI.). Chesil Beach. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1859 Table 19 p24.
Dutch Galliot – Chesil Cove. May be a victim of the 1824 Gale? The LARN reference is not recognised Sh. Journal: 03/12/1824 (Sh. Merc?) Also Dor. Mags: 1975; No.49 & 1976, No.50, p18.
Modern Yacht which foundered off Portland Bill. Captain J. R. S. Hawker. (LePard: pages 78 & 79) – Detail in Dive Dorset: 81 p80; Shore dive @ SY 677 682. Weymouth Library Photo L910.4. RELE.1 (Also LARN, VLI.)
The Weymouth lifeboat fought her way round to Portland Harbour, where the French ketch Leonie Simbo, after dragging her anchors, went on the reef at Sandsfoot Castle. The two men on board were taken off by the lifeboat and brought into Weymouth.” Extreme Gale & Ship Incident
Brig – Stripped of her stores and rigging on the shore. Studland Bay, Swanage. LARN & BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1852, p197-199.
The French Smack ‘Le Jean Bart’ with a cargo of hides wrecked at the base of the cliffs at Burton Bradstock. Five of the nine crew were saved by local villagers hauling them to safety up the cliffs. (Fleming: p23) Victim of the 1838 Gale. Ref. Dor. Mag: 1975 No. 49 p23. From the registers … Read Article