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
Lyme Schooner Broke from her moorings and smashed to pieces. Captain Cox. Lyme Regis. LARN & DCC: 30/12/1852. 1852 Gale
Schooner – DCC: 16/08/1885 – Cargo COAL. Captain T. Stuart (LARN) & (Farr: p42) The whole crew were saved by the Rocket Apparatus. – Chesil Cove See also Times DCC:16/08/1885 (Transcription by K. V. Saunders). “The SAPPHIRE schooner, of Newcastle, Captain Stewart, was wrecked on Wednesday afternoon in Chesil Cove. She left Newcastle on the … Read Article
A schooner which broke up on the rocks below St Alban’s Head. 3 crew drowned. (Rodney Legg, p52) NIL. Note: Worth Matravers Burials. 19/11/1836: John Harvey Clovelly; John Harvey Junior Clovelly & John Green, Bristol. Schooner wrecked on passage from Waterford to Portsmouth.
Schooner – Cargo, Wheat. (LARN, 1869) – Portland Breakwater. “The vessel was left at anchor in Portland Roads when the Captain, Mate and a sailor left in the ship’s boat for a shore trip, leaving only the boy onboard. The wind increased to WNW force 10, and prevented the crew from returning. At 5.30 a.m. … Read Article
Times: Monday, June 6, 1887, Issue 32091 – “The German schooner, Sagterland von Bargacoel, from Hamburg for Rio Grande, laden with general cargo, ran ashore on Kimmeridge Ledge on Friday afternoon and will probably become a total wreck. The Queen tug has gone to her assistance with Lloyd’s Agent on board. A further telegram from … Read Article
Schooner – Captain T. Collins. Cargo GRANITE Chips. 7 miles E of Peveril Point, Swanage. (LARN, VLI.) Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1907 Appx. C Table 1 p109.
Schooner – Cargo STONE. (LARN) – Portland Breakwater. “The crew clambered over the bowsprit with their baggage to reach safety after the vessel struck the breakwater. They were taken in by the artillery men and housed in the breakwater fort. The vessel sat with her stern underwater and her bow high up on the rocks, … Read Article
Schooner Captain Peake – Studland Bay. LARN, VLI. Ref. cited BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1842 Appx. 3 p31.
Schooner – Captain E. Pugh. Cargo SLATE (Roofing). (LARN) – Foundered following a collision with Norwegian barque, BRAEKKA, 20 miles SSE of Anvil Point. Refs. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1894 (D) p9 & Lloyd’s Register: 1891-2 No. 572(P).