Schooner of Exeter – Cargo COAL Two Coastguards and four crew were rewarded for this schooner which capsized and sunk a mile off Peveril Ledge. Captain, six men and a boy aboard. (LARN & Farr: p89) She had been a new vessel the previous Christmas, and there was a large loss of life for such … Read Article
Sailing Ship [60M] – Captain Shapland. General Cargo & Cargo China Clay. (Clarke: GPS 50 12.44N; 02 56.66W) & (LARN) – Sank 26 miles off Portland Bill following a collision with HMS LANDRAIL which sank itself in 10/4/1906. Refs. Lloyds Casualty Returns: 1896 p9(d) & Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 762(S) Recently recovered the Siren’s large … Read Article
Brig, Captain Clements. Off St Alban’s Head. LARN, VLI. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1817 Appx. 7 p288 & Lloyd’s Register: 1816 No. 506(S)
Cutter – Captain G. H. Gush. (LARN, VLI.) – Sank at its moorings in Lyme Regis Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1901 Appx. C Table 1 p150.
Large Sailing Ship – Captain R. Nicholson. General Cargo. 15 miles S by W Anvil Point, Swanage. LARN sank following a collision with the CITY OF LUCKNOW of Glasgow. Refs. BOT: Wk Rtn. 1884 Appx Pt. I-VI p132 & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 639(S) lives were lost. The ships in collision were the Simla … Read Article
DISASTER TO SHAMROCK III. The Challenger’s Mast goes by the Board. The Steward Drowned. The sailing trials between the Cup Challenger and SHAMROCK I, were brought to an abrupt termination off Weymouth on Friday by the dismasting of the new vessel just at the commencement of a trial race. Unhappily the accident was attended with … Read Article
Swedish Sailing Ship – Captain Winck. (LARN) Captain Winck. Portland Bill. Crew landed by the Weymouth vessel LASS. Refs. Southern Times: 23/03/1891. & Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 852(S). See also Times Times: Monday, March 23, 1891, Issue 33279 – Loss of the Swedish barque, Senator Webber, off Dorset? Six survivors viz: The chief officer Edward … Read Article
Sloop – (LARN, VLI.) Captain Richard Peters. – Weymouth. Check the Sh Merc: 10/01/1786. for more detail.
Sailing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – Near Weymouth. Ref. given BOT: SCS Wk 1833 Appx. 7 p306.
Ketch – Captain E. Denyer. Cargo PIPES. (LARN, VLI.) – Poole Harbour. Ref. given BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table 1 p128.