Maritime record MWX1868 - Leonora

On Tuesday afternoon about 4 o clock, a large Dutch galliot was thrown on shore at Portland on the beach opposite the passage house and went immediately to pieces. All on board perished. The sea made a fair breach over the pebble beach, which prevented any assistance being rendered to the poor unfortunates. There appeared to be eight men on her decks. Part of the wreck is washed ashore with the word LEONORA thereon. Her cargo consisted of walnuts, lemons and tobacco stems. Nothing whatsoever has been saved. (2) `Weymouth 1st Dec...A large Dutch galliot was driven on shore yesterday to the westward of Portland, and all on board drowned. Her cargo consisted of walnuts, lemons, and tobacco stems; a piece of board has washed on shore with LEONORA painted on it. `2nd Dec: Some papers have been brought from the galliot wrecked on the beach; her name is the LEONORA, de Jong, from Vigo to Hambro; not a vestige of her to be seen. (3) Source (1 & 5) spells vessels name LENORE. Master: de Jong Crew: 8 Crew Lost: 8 D t

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, p4, 06-DEC-1824 (Serial). SWX4820.

<3> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 03-DEC-1824, No.5965 (Serial). SWX8434.

<4> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 49, p24 (Article in serial). SWX4562.

<5> 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, 555 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

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Nov 29 2007 2:18AM