Maritime record MWX1959 - Lanoma 1888
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Summary
1888 wreck of English barque which stranded near Fleet Coastguard Station en route from Tasmania for London with wool and hides, having last called at Launceston. Constructed in 1876, she was a sailing vessel.
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Full Description
Built: 1876 Builder: S P Austin and Hunter Where Built: Sunderland Owner: T B Walker, London Master: Whittingham Crew: 18 Crew Lost: 12 Date of Loss Qualifier: A `...stranded near the Fleet coastguard station in thick weather. The following day the beach was strewn with wool, the captain and 11 men drowned. She was coming up Channel 76 days out of Tasmania, a ship that had set many previous records to and from Australia. The captain had been able to make no observations for several days and an extra sharp lookout had been kept for land. The vessel missed stays in Lyme Bay and stranded on Chesil Beach. Her crew members lost might well have been saved had she not fallen over to seaward, when she immediately began to break up. The rocket apparatus was brought to the scene by the coastguards but was too late to save the entire crew. (1)(4)
A valve, a cooking pan, and part of a pump recovered from this wreck, position 50 80.00N [sic] 002 23.50W, described as. (5)
Additional source: Weymouth Library photo L910.4.LA2, neg. No.35/31; 76/18A
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Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> SWX4739 Monograph: Board of Trade. 1889. Parliamentary papers 1889, Board of Trade Casualty Returns. Vol 69. p137.
- <3> SWX1056 Monograph: Farr, Grahame. 1971. Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast. p44.
- <4> SWX4541 Monograph: 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.
- <5> SWX4542 Index: 2001. Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty.
- <6> SWX495 Unpublished document: Receiver of Wreck. Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/2265.
- <7> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 808.
- <8> SDO14012 Monograph: Cumming, E. 2014. The Portland Shipwreck and Maritime Incident Directory.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 901195.
Finds (3)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6288 7892 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67NW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0343
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 NW 70
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 901195
Record last edited
May 3 2024 11:47AM