Maritime record MWX1893 - Nouvelle Loire

Built: 1831 Master: Clement Crew: 15 Crew Lost: 7(2) Date of Loss Qualifier: A `Sale of French barque on Monday 27-DEC-1852, consisting of one part of the vessel only, on the beach near Langton Preventive Station; the other part went ashore at Osmington, of which a sale will be held the following day. She was en route Havre de Grace to the coast of Africa with general cargo. (1)(2) `...came ashore on the Portland Beach last night and has become a total wreck; 3 men and 4 boys drowned. (3) 16-DEC-1852, NOUVELLE LOIRE OF Havre de Grace, a barque of 252 tons, insured for £1500 came ashore on Portland Beach and instantly became a total wreck with the loss of 3 men and four boys who were drowned.(4)(5)(6) Additional sources: Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 18-DEC-1852

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<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> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, p2. 18-DEC-1852, No.12087 (Serial). SWX8434.

<3> Admiralty, 1853, Parliamentary papers 1852-1853, Admiralty Wreck Register, p204-205,206-207 (Monograph). SWX4604.

<5> Board of Trade, 1861, Parliamentary papers 1861, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1851-1860, p21(363) (Monograph). SWX4605.

<6> 1864, Parliamentary papers 1864, Harbour of Refuge, p115(557) (Monograph). SWX4606.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 1055 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900991 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 2 2024 4:13PM