Maritime record MWX2180 - Ceres 1886
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Summary
English cutter wrecked at Kimmeridge, 21 March 1886.
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Full Description
The CERES `...ran ashore in thick fog close to the lifeboat station. When the wind and tide changed she was carried onto Broad Bench, some distance off Kimmeridge. Two men got into her boat to lay out an anchor with a view to kedging her off, but the boat capsized in the surf and one of the men was swept away and drowned. The other clung to the boats keel for some time, holding onto its oars until the lifeboat found him. The master was saved.' (1)(4)
Built: 1869
Owner: T Belben, Poole
Master: J Summers
Crew: 3
Crew Lost: 1
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: ST 27 03 1886(R).
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <2> 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. p157.
- <3> SWX1056 Monograph: Farr, Grahame. 1971. Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast. p86.
- <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> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. 798.
- <6> SDO16406 Monograph: Cumming, E. The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory. 20.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 901186.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 8971 7871 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY87NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0100
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NW 68
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 901186
Record last edited
Apr 4 2024 4:33PM
