Maritime record MWX1705 - Hebrides

`Part of the cargo...has been saved in good condition; this morning the vessel had sixteen and a half feet of water in her at high tide. (5) `Stranded near the old castle and wrecked, the remains being auctioned by Mr Pothecary and bought by P Dodson. There was a problem of the cargo polluting the sea. (1)(6) `...with oats, took the ground near Portland Bridge; her fore- and main-masts have been cut away, has a quantity of water in her hold; arrangements are being made for getting her off, and towing her into this harbour. (2) `The HEBRIDES, Lake, of and for London, from Odessa, was driven ashore last night, east side of Portland Beach (not as before reported);...she makes a great deal of water, but is expected to be got off when the weather moderates: crew saved. [Mem: another account states that the cargo (oats) of the above vessel was destroyed.] (3) Sources (1) and (6) give the voyage as from London to the Crimea, and the date of loss as 25-MAR-1857. Built: 1841 Where Built: Greenock Owner: Hoskins and Co. Master: J Crutwell (1)(6); Lake (3)(4) Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: DCC.28.05.1857(R)

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

<2> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 25-MAR-1857, No.13411 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 26-MAR-1857, No.13412 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 27-MAR-1857, No.13413 (Serial). SWX8434.

<5> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 31-MAR-1857, No.13416 (Serial). SWX8434.

<6> 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.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 653 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1144632 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 3:56PM