Wooden schooner – 108 tons – Built by Spence, Kingston 1878 – Owned by P Donovan, Fowey – Captain W. Dunne. Cargo COAL – En-route to France from Cardiff – Attacked by gunfire from UB-38, vessel abandoned, robbed for food and paraffin oil, and then scuttled by the German Submarine 7 miles W Portland Bill. … Read Article
Times: Tuesday, November 29, 1881, Issue 30364 – “The Jeune Elize, schooner of Caen, from Trouville for Swansea in ballast, is reported from Weymouth to have been wrecked at Osmington. Crew saved” Ship Incident Schooner – Captain Aubey. (LARN) – Near Osmington Mills. Ref. DCC: 01/12/1881.
Times: Thursday, May 26, 1887, Issue 32082 – Lloyd’s Agent at Weymouth telegraphs that the Janiro, schooner yacht, grounded in leaving Weymouth yesterday morning at half ebb and is lying badly. Master declines assistance. The yacht is expected off at high water. NMI. Ship Incident
Brigantine – Captain A. May. Cargo China Clay. (LARN) 15 miles SE of Portland Bill. Sank following a collision; possibly with an American vessel. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 286(J)
The Jane Cathrine – 1872 THE WEATHER AND THE GALE THE TIMES – 25 NOVEMBER 1872 WRECK OF THE JANE CATHERINE PORTLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON A terrific gale has been raging here ever since Friday night, the wind blowing a hurricane from the south west, with blinding showers of rain, and it has been attended with … Read Article
Weymouth Brigantine. Captain J. Roberts. Lost Dorset. LARN, VLI. Check DCC: 15/01/1852.
Brig – Captain H. Fletcher. (LARN, VLI.) Baggs Hole, Lulworth Cove. Check DCC: 18/03/1858. & Lloyd’s Register: 1855 No. 205(J).
Fishing Cutter – Captain G. H. Gush. (LARN, VLI.) Bridport, 1 mile E of Seatown, Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table 1 p113.
JACOBA CATHERINA : On Sunday last, she sprang a leak in the channel keeping the crew constantly at the pumps and making for Portland, hoped to save her by running her ashore. She was within 3 or 4 miles of Weymouth Pier when she suddenly sank in 11 fathoms. The master, two seamen and a … Read Article
Sailing Vessel – Captain Seville. (LARN, VLI.) – Foundered total loss, Weymouth. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 4610:29/10/1811.