Schooner – Weymouth. LARN, VLI – Refs. BOT: USC. 1860 p610-611 & DCC:03/01/1860 DCC:03/01/1860 “The Gale of Wednesday Night – During the gale that raged on Wednesday night two vessels have become wrecks, at least for the present they may be put down so, though there is a shadow of a chance of one being … Read Article
Barque – General Cargo. Captain McKenzie. (LARN) Freshwater / Kimmeridge Ledges. “The vessel was abandoned in thick fog, her crew and passengers all saved. Steamships are being used to save the cargo. The passengers were a Portuguese gentleman, his wife and child, who were in the state cabin. The Captain McKenzie had never previously navigated … Read Article
Sailing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – Portland Roads. One boy lost. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2515: 19/02/1760.
English East Indiaman [10M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 216 p157: GPS; 50 34.10N; 02 01.75W – [A Circumstantial Narrative of the ‘Loss of the Halsewell’ (East Indiaman) Meriton, H. and Rogers, J. 1796. Captain Richard Pierce] Exceptionally detailed, interactive CD, Three English East Indiamen Wrecked off the Dorset Coast by Ed Cumming ISBN 0-9542104-3-3. … Read Article
Brig – Captain Balle. (The Standard, Friday, December 12, 1828, Issue 491) – Chesil Cove. All the crew rescued. . “Under the direction of J. W. Weston Esq. agent to Lloyds, the masts, sails and stores of all descriptions have been saved and the whole together with the hull will be sold for the benefit … Read Article
Cutter – Captain W. L. Butt. (LARN, VLI.) – Oyster Bank, Poole Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1895 Appx. C Table 1 p162.
Sailing Vessel – (LARN) – Mate, six crew and two women drowned – Chesil Beach near Abbotsbury. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2271: 14/10/1757.
Times: Saturday, December 25, 1819, Issue 10811 – Weymouth: Extreme Gales: Interesting report; Galley from HMS Hind commanded by 26 year old, Mr. James Hall was washed overboard at Radcliff-point (Redcliff?) Boat beached a mile from the Esplanade. More detail. Also: Smack Hope of Weymouth, Deering master and owner was wrecked at Swanage. Him, his … Read Article
The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built on the River Thames, England. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling. Her length of 692 … Read Article
Times: Friday, February 4, 1887, Issue 31987 – Lloyd’s Agent at Weymouth telegraphs that a steamer which put into Portland Roads on Wednesday evening reported that a three-masted vessel, with foremast gone, was 12 miles off the port disabled. The Queen, tug, went out for five hours, but saw nothing of her. The vessel’s name … Read Article