Maritime record MWX1646 - Cragside

The CRAGSIDE drove ashore very close to the wreck of the SCANDANAVIA and only 2-300 yards away from that of the ketch PHOENIX during the same night. An inquest was held at Portland police station concerning her dead captain, the ships register having been found on his body. (1)(2) Additional source: Southern Times 24.02.1923(R) LR 1921 2 N 13179(C).

Built: 1892
Builder: Wood, Skinner andamp; Co.
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Horsepower: 60
Boilers: 1
Crew Lost: 1
Additional Construction Details: Machinery by NE Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Sunderland; 1 deck; well-deck; q.deck 81ft; b.deck 14ft; f.castle 21ft.

Work by the NAS during 2004 has suggested that the wreck known as the 'Unknown Coaster' is the Cragside. The word 'Newcastle' can be read on the stern and the Cragside is the only ship known to have been wrecked in the area which was registered in Newcastle. The dimensions of the wreck also fit those of the Cragside. It lies on Portland Breakwater at 50 34.93N 2 24.84W

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

<2> 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.

<3> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 977 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 25 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900882 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2024 5:00PM