Maritime record MWX1905 - Alert 1897

The Alert, a tug, drove ashore and was wrecked whilst at moorings in wind conditions W force 10 near the New Pier, Portland. Also lost was the barge, Thistle and several other small boats, 3 March 1897.

The Alert drove ashore and was wrecked whilst at moorings in wind conditions W force 10 near the New Pier, Portland. (2) She was built in 1875 and had one boiler. She was screw driven by a two cylinder compound engine. She was owned by G H Collins and Co., Dartmouth.

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

<2> Board of Trade, 1898, Parliamentary papers 1898, Board of Trade Casualty Returns, p136 (Monograph). SWX5473.

<3> 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.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 859 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 6 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901231 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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