Schooner – Captain F. Couch. Cargo China Clay. (LARN) – Sank in Portland Roads after collision with HMS CONFLICT. (LePard: pages 60 & 61). The schooner was eventually raised. The officer on watch on HMS CONFLICT was severely reprimanded. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1905 Appx C Table 1 p145. Derby Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 20 … Read Article
Schooner – Captain Butcher. (LARN, VLI.) – Portland Bill. Check ref. DCC: 29/10/1840 for more information.
Schooner – Cargo COAL. Captain Salisbury. Lyme Regis harbour, 100yds E North Wall. Loss on vessel £450, Loss on cargo £30. Refs, Lloyds List: 29/11/1852 & Adm. Wk. Rtn. 1852.
Schooner – Chesil Beach. LARN, VLI. Check the Southern Times: 14/03/1914.
Schooner – General Cargo. Crew saved in their own boat. (LARN) Portland. Ref. ADM Wk Rtn. 1853 p36-37. See Times.
Captain William Bence. Schooner – (LARN) – Driven in to Chesil Cove. At the court of Petty Sessions, Samuel Wingate of Portland, was fined £20 for stealing part of the cargo of this vessel, and in default of payment was committed to six months hard labour in the house of correction. William Flann, received a … Read Article
Schooner – Captain J. Good. Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis Custom House Ship Register 1786 – 1880. Also LARN, but VLI.
Schooner – (LARN) – Chesil Cove, off Wyke. Methodist Graveyard & Fortunes Hill ??? Story of Pears Missionaries. Victim of the of 1838 Gale. Ref. Dor. Mag: 1975 No. 49 p23. Columbine – 1838 “Left Gravesend on her 16th voyage to the Gambia on Friday, November 22nd, amongst her passengers being the Reverend and Mrs … 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.”
Times: Monday, October 13, 1856, Issue 22497 – “The schooner Charlotte of Weymouth, Hardy master struck on the Newcome sand off Lowestoft, crew safe.”