Deeper Dorset

CLYDE

Brig – Captain H. Sandy. Cargo COAL. Hook Sands, Poole Harbour. LARN, VLI. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1878-9 No. 982(C).& BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1881 Appx. I-IV p130.

Lloyd’s List – Saturday 07 April 1888 Welsh Brig – Captain D. Edwards. (LARN, VLI.) – 25 miles WSW of Portland Bill. Refs. cited BOT: 1888 Wk. Rtn Appx. C Table 1 p114 & Lloyd’s Register: 1886-7 No. 1294(C).

CARL JOHN

Brig – Captain Peter Walrood. Cargo, Salt. LARN, VLI. White Pits, Poole. Refs. cited are the Sh. Merc: 12/03/1824. & Dor. Mag: No.50. 1976, p18.

CAAERMANO DE CAMARINAS

Caaermano De Camerinas, Spanish Brig – Cargo Sugar, Wine and Mahogany. Balaclava Bay. (LARN) Note: Rocket Apparatus. Ed C has a print. Seven rockets fired, one of which set the rigging alight. The crew initially failed to understand how the apparatus was supposed to be used. One crew man tied the rope around his waste, … Read Article

ATLAS

American Brig of Boston, E. Adams – (Morning Post, December 10, 1831, Issue 19033) – Chesil Cove. Nine men including the captain were saved. Ref. cited is the Southern Times: 18 & 25/03/1876? Check this ref. from the Dor. Mag: 1976 No. 50 p19.

ATHLETE

Brigantine – Captain McDonald. Cargo, Guano. LARN. Was seen to founder by the Coastguard at Portland Bill. Later the vessel AMELIAN, master Profit, arrived at Bridlington Bay on the 21st March where she had landed a boy named John McHaven who they had picked up on the 12th off Portland from the ATHLETE – Portland … Read Article

ARTHUR LE JUVENALE

French Brig – (LARN, VLI.) – Chesil Beach, near Langton Herring. One crew member, a boy, was drowned. Check ref. Sh. Merc: 19/03/1821.

ANEMONE

THE LOSS OF A VESSEL (Anemone) OFF PORTLAND. The brigantine Anemone, of London, was sunk oft Portland on Wednesday night, by collision with the American barge Hannah Parr. The crew were saved, but the captain was injured. The mate and cook left the barque in a boat to search for the ship, but, losing the … Read Article

AMYNTAS

Brig – Captain Hallett. Cargo Wood. (LARN) Master and three crew drowned, two crew saved. Weymouth Library Folio L.614.868. P03 & DCC: 10/02/1842 – Chesil Cove. Morning Post, December 11, 1841, Issue 22122 from the Western Luminary “We regret to state that the Amyntas, Robert Hallet, master bound from Quebec to Topsham, with timber, went … Read Article

AMSTERDAM

220 ton Swedish Brigantine – (LARN) Captain Peter Dallsratun. Cargo, Raisons. Wrecked off Bexington, Chesil Beach. Drowned passenger ‘Rilan’ of Plymouth? Also five crew were drowned. Refs. cited Lloyds List: No. 1241 & Sh. Merc: 19/02/1781.