Maritime record MWX1700 - Dysilio

Sank following collision with the SS FRANCISCO of Hull. (1)(3)

Built: 1879
Owner: H Moseley, Manchester
Master: H Dukes
Crew: 4

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

<2> Board of Trade, 1899, Parliamentary papers 1899, Board of Trade Casualty Returns., p145 (Monograph). SWX5152.

<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> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 862 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 28 (Monograph). SDO16406.

‘Dysilis or Dysillo [16/7/1897] – Northampton Mercury – Friday, 16/7/1897: ‘Collision of Portland, Yacht Sunk: “collision occurred off Portland this morning between Mr. Moseley’s yacht Dysilis and the steamer Francisco. The Dysilis went to the bottom, and the crew had a very narrow escape from drowning. Two of the men floated from the deck in a boat, and three were left struggling in the sea when she went down. They were however, picked up by a boat from the Dutch steamer Oceana and landed at Weymouth.” See also ref. BOT: Wk Rtn 1897 Appendix C Table 1 p:145.’

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Feb 20 2024 4:59PM