Stranded French Brig Cinq Sæures of about 170 tons Weymouth Auction Records (Courtesy Margaret Morris FOWM) “Mr Pothecary announced to ‘orn Factors, Ship Owners and others the sale on West Bay Beach, opposite Fleet Coast Guard Station, the Sale of the Stranded French Brig Cinq Sæures of about 170 tons burthen. The sale to begin … Read Article
332 Ton Norwegian Barque – (LARN) At 8 a.m. drove ashore on the beach where eight of her crew were saved by the Rocket Apparatus, two men drowned. Captain H. Haugensen. Chesil Cove. Ref. DCC: 06/09/1883. Christiana – 1883 Transcription by K. V. Saunders, The Island & Royal Manor of Portland Historic Sources. Note LARN … Read Article
Times: Saturday, January 22, 1881, Issue 30098 – “The Chimera of Weymouth, schooner, from Sunderland for Shoreham laden with coals, went ashore on Thursday night on Ryde Sand Head. The Victoria, tug is trying to tow her off.”
Sailing Vessel – (LARN) – Chesil Beach. It is reported that Mr Anthony Rivers, a young jeweller on passage jumped out of the vessel and was drowned and buried on the beach. A ‘common’ sailor shared the same fate!! see Wyke Regis Burial Register.
Sailing Vessel – (LARN) – 3 miles East of Weymouth. Ref. cited Lloyds List: No. 1455: 07/11/1749.
Times: Monday, October 13, 1856, Issue 22497 – “The schooner Charlotte of Weymouth, Hardy master struck on the Newcome sand off Lowestoft, crew safe.”
Schooner – (LARN) Of interest! Cargo STONE, sank at anchor, crew saved. Divers employed to get up cargo, after which the hull was weighed, floated into shallow water and abandoned. Portland Roads. Admiralty Wk. Rtn. 1853 p48-49 SCHOONER SUNK – At an early hour on Saturday morning last, the Charlotte, a small schooner lying at … Read Article
Cutter – Captain J. Summers. Cargo, Barley. (LARN) Ran ashore in thick for near the lifeboat station and later due to wide and tide was carried on the Broad Bench, some distance off Kimmeridge Ledge. The boat overturned drowning one man, the master held on until rescued by the lifeboat. Ref. Southern Times: 27/03/1886; BOT: … Read Article
Sailing Vessel – Captain White. (LARN, VLI) – Weymouth. Ref. cited Lloyds List: No. 4216: 01/01/1808.
Times: Thursday, May 15, 1884, Issue 31134 – “The Catherine and Alice schooner, of Nevin, from Middlesborough, with coals, was picked up derelict off St. Alban’s Head at 4 a.m. yesterday by the William Martyn, schooner, of Padstow, which took her into Weymouth. The crew is safe.” Note: Issue 31207 ‘Scuttling a Ship’ “Judgment was … Read Article