Maritime record MWX1540 - Caroline 1824

Lyme November 26th: ...a larger trawler, the CAROLINE, Fowler, broke away and was driven to the mouth of the river which runs through the town, where she was destroyed in a few minutes by the tremendous breakers. (2)

Master: Fowler

Additional sources quoted in (6)

The building date for this vessel is an estimate based on an average age at wrecking of twenty years. This average is derived from those vessels wrecked on the Dorset coast whose age at wrecking is known.

<1> 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.

<2> Sherbourne Mercury, p3, 29-NOV-1824 (Serial). SWX4820.

<3> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 49, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4562.

<4> 1976, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 50, p18 (Article in serial). SWX4560.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 544 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> Le Pard, G F, 1999, The Great Storm of 1824. (Article in serial). SWX7729.

<7> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 19 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday, 29/11/1824 – “A fishing vessel (the Caroline) was carried up the river Buddle, and lodged under the bridge, where she went to pieces.” Captain Fowler. Near Lyme Regis Harbour. 1824 Gale.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1170671 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 22 2024 11:38AM