Maritime record MWX2250 - Brilliant

The BRILLIANT was built in 1868 and owned by B Einersen, Grimstad, Norway. Her master was A C Bjerke and she had a crew of 10. The vessel went ashore in SSE/10 hurricane conditions. (1-4)

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

<2> Board of Trade, 1897, Parliamentary papers 1897, Board of Trade Casualty Returns, p134 (Monograph). SWX4746.

<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, 851 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 16 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Monday, 14/1/1895: "During a north-easterly wind at noon on Saturday the barque Brilliant, 440 tons, Captain A.J. Bjirka, Cuba for Bremen, with cedar wood, drove ashore in Poole Bay. The crew were rescued by the lifeboat. It is believed that the vessel will break up." Also: BOT:Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appendix C Table 1 p:134

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