Maritime record MWX1817 - Deveron (Devoran)

Built: 1871 Owner: T Couch, Pentewan Master: F Couch Crew: 6 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Sank following collision with the destroyer HMS CONFLICT. (1)(2) Vessel was at moorings. (2) 19-JAN, DEVERON, anchored in Portland Roads with a cargo of china clay, collided with HMS CONFLICT in a SW 2 in Portland Roads (3)

Early in the morning on the 19th June 1905, the schooner Deveron (misspelt Devoran on the photograph) was at anchor in Portland Harbour. A teenage boy was the only sailor on deck. He was watching a squadron of destroyers leaving the Harbour in line astern, the last ship in line, H.M.S. Conflict turned wide and struck the Deveron, then continued on her way without waiting to see what happened to the ship she had struck. The schooner sank within minutes, but happily the crew all got off in time. Several weeks later she was successfully raised. The officer on watch on the Conflict was severely reprimanded.(4)

Salvaged

<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> Board of Trade, 1906, Parliamentary papers 1906, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1905., p145 (635) (Monograph). SWX5551.

<4> Le Pard, G F, 2005, Shipwrecks of the Dorset Coast (Monograph). SDO9637.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1147006 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 2 2024 4:09PM