ALERT

Launch – (LARN, VLI.) – New Pier, Portland.

Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1897 Appx. C Table 1 p140.  See also Times:

Times:  Thursday, March 4, 1897, Issue 35142 – Portland, Dorset, March 3 – Tug Alert parted from her mooring and drove on pier and sunk.  Barge Thistle parted from the quay and has grounded.  Several small boats sunk.  Terrific westerly gale raging.  Gales & Ship Incidents


Day of Loss: 3

Month of Loss: 3

Year of Loss: 1897


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