Maritime record MWX1682 - Unidentified 1876 Schooner

`This schooner was observed trying to weather Portland Bill, her canvas seemed to have been blown away and a change in the wind helped her out of the bay, and it was supposed she would weather the Bill and anchor in the Roadstead. However, she got into the race and instantly foundered, taking all her crew, four men and a boy. The coastguard on top of the hill saw her go down. (1-2) Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 5 Date of Loss Qualifier: A (3)

The building date for this vessel is an estimate based on an average age at wrecking of twenty years. This average is derived from those vessels wrecked on the Dorset coast whose age at wrecking is known.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1897, Southern Times, p5, 09-DEC-1876 (Serial). SWX2003.

<3> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901135 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2024 8:15PM