Vessel Type: Sailing

FLYING FISH

Schooner – Captain T. Wood. (LARN) Lyme Regis. Note: Cargo LIMESTONE (Cargo STONE). Refs. Lyme Regis Register of ships 1786 – 1880 & Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 352(F).

FLORINDA

Sailing Vessel – (LARN) St Alban’s Ledge. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 1679: 25/02/1752.

FLORA

Brig – Captain H. Barden. Cargo COAL and Cargo IRON. (LARN) – Ringstead Bay. Refs. BOT: 1885. & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 257(F). Times: Tuesday, December 8, 1885, Issue 31624 – “The Flora, schooner of Faversham from Hartlepool for Weymouth with coal, stranded off Osmington at 12.30am yesterday. Her crew were saved by the Coastguard. … Read Article

FLORA

Sailing Vessel – Captain Spedlington and 12 crew were drowned. (LARN) – Portland. Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2825: 03/06/1796. Times: Thursday, June 2, 1796, Issue 3601 – Weymouth, May 31: “Between 10 & 11 in the forenoon, a snow from Guernsey to Alicante, the Flora, Captain Lindell, in ballast, came ashore in West Bay, and … Read Article

FLOR

Lloyd’s List – Friday 15 May 1812 Brig – Captain Garrethers and crew saved. (LARN) – Chesil Beach, near Abbotsbury. “22 bags of cotton and a small quantity of dyewood were saved from the wreck.” Refs cited Lloyds List: No. 4664 & 4665: 14/05/1812.

FLIRT

The Flirt 1897 – Burton Bradstock On Wednesday, November 23rd, a very strong southerly gale was blowing. There had been a change of weather during the early night, when the Northeast breeze had veered round to a gale from the south. A mountainous sea was soon running, and the wind increased in violence during the … Read Article

FIVE SISTERS

Brigantine – Captain J. Lowther. Refs. Southern Times: 16/10/1880; LARN & Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 251(F).- Weymouth Bay. See also Times

HMS FISGARD II

HMS FISGARD II. Naval Training Ship [68M] – Dive Dorset: 116 p98 & Clarke: GPS; 50 28.23N; 02 29.44W. (Details also in LARN) 21 drowned. Originally the iron clad INVINCIBLE, then EREBUS (1904) and then FISGARD II (1906). Ref. DCC: 24/09/1914. Print – Illustrated London News Name: HMS Invincible Builder: Napier shipyards Laid down: 28 … Read Article

FENNA

Schooner – Captain J. H. Mulder. Cargo GLASS & Cargo IRON ? (LARN) – Portland. Ref. BOT: Wk Rtn 1881 Appx. Pts. I-IV p92(362).

FANNY C

Austrian Brigantine (Hamburg to Buenos Aires) – Captain G. F. Nacari. General Cargo. Hold caught fire and crew took to the boats. Ship burnt out on the Chesil Beach. Crew of ten saved. LARN & Farr: p44