Maritime record MWX2197 - Diana 1922

English ketch wrecked off Peveril Ledge, 1 April 1922.

The Diana became disabled when her mainsail tackle broke off Peveril Ledge, causing her to drift ashore. The Coastguard rocket apparatus was used to save the captain, his wife, son and crew. (1)(2) Built: 1891 Builder: G and T Smith Where Built: Rye Owner: G Winn Master: G Winn Passengers: 1 Additional sources: LR 1922-3 No 46341(D) 'A violent storm raged in South Dorset on Saturday morning, and there was a heavy fall of snow . . . The French ketch DIANA went ashore on Peveril Ledge, off Swansea [sic] early on Saturday morning. The lifeboat service was summoned but could not get out. The crew, consisting of mother, father, son and another man, were saved by the rocket apparatus.' (3) Sources (1) and (2) state that the vessel was English, registered in Rye, and indicate the 1st of April as the reporting date of loss; the publication date of source (4) suggests that the 1st of April was the actual date of loss, and states the vessel's nationality as French. The composition of the crew in (4) suggests the vessel's primary function as a leisure craft. (5) Built: 1891 (1)(3) Builder: G and T Smith (1)(3) Where Built: Rye (1)(3) Master: G Winn (1)(3) Crew: 4 (4) Passengers: 1 (1)(3) Owner: G Winn (1)(3) Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: LR.1922-3 No.46341(D)

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