LITTLE MYSTERY Schooner – Captain J. H. Greet. Cargo COAL. (Good detail in LARN) ” Carrying 168 tons of cargo was stopped by an unidentified German Submarine at 7 a.m., when the enemy vessel went alongside and her Commander fired several shots at the crew with his pistol, wounding one man in the arm. The crew … Read Article
Portsmouth Schooner – (LARN) – Cargo GRANITE. Seen by the Coastguard, attempts were made in a force 10 gale, to rescue the crew. However, the vessel keeled over and all were lost. Broad Bench, W side of Kimmeridge Bay. BOT: USC 1868; The Telegram: 01/10/1868 & Farr: p83. This tragedy led to the RNLI to … Read Article
Schooner – Captain J. Murtagh. (LARN) – 14 miles SE Portland Bill. Sank following a collision with S.S. LYNX of Milford. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. Appx. C Table 1 p155 & Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 339(L).
Schooner – Captain H. couch. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Broadhope Ledge, Portland. Lloyds List: 31/12/1867.& Lloyd’s Register: 1866 No. 548(J).
Schooner – Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Portland Bill. Refs cited BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1843 Appx. 3 p46 & Appx 7 p54.
Schooner – (LARN) – Sank following a collision with S.S. CITY OF AMSTERDAM. Captain J. Garratt. Cargo FLINTS. SW of St Alban’s Head. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 242(J)
Wooden schooner – 108 tons – Built by Spence, Kingston 1878 – Owned by P Donovan, Fowey – Captain W. Dunne. Cargo COAL – En-route to France from Cardiff – Attacked by gunfire from UB-38, vessel abandoned, robbed for food and paraffin oil, and then scuttled by the German Submarine 7 miles W Portland Bill. … Read Article
Times: Tuesday, November 29, 1881, Issue 30364 – “The Jeune Elize, schooner of Caen, from Trouville for Swansea in ballast, is reported from Weymouth to have been wrecked at Osmington. Crew saved” Ship Incident Schooner – Captain Aubey. (LARN) – Near Osmington Mills. Ref. DCC: 01/12/1881.
Times: Thursday, May 26, 1887, Issue 32082 – Lloyd’s Agent at Weymouth telegraphs that the Janiro, schooner yacht, grounded in leaving Weymouth yesterday morning at half ebb and is lying badly. Master declines assistance. The yacht is expected off at high water. NMI. Ship Incident
The Jane Cathrine – 1872 THE WEATHER AND THE GALE THE TIMES – 25 NOVEMBER 1872 WRECK OF THE JANE CATHERINE PORTLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON A terrific gale has been raging here ever since Friday night, the wind blowing a hurricane from the south west, with blinding showers of rain, and it has been attended with … Read Article