Maritime record MWX1875 - Rollo

Built: 1859 Owner: C. Symons, Bridgewater Master: G. Nocholls Crew: 4 Date of Loss Qualifier: A The crew clambered over the bowsprit with their baggage to reach safety after the vessel struck the breakwater. They were taken in by the artillery men and housed in the breakwater fort. The vessel sat with her stern underwater and her bow high up on the rocks, with little or no hope of saving her. (1) Lost on Portland Breakwater in a SSW 10.(3)

<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, 1907, Parliamentary papers 1907, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1906, p123(1263) (Monograph). SWX4855.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 887 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 892044 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 2 2024 3:41PM