Maritime record MWX1964 - Christiana

`At 8am drove ashore on the beach, where 8 of her crew were saved by the rocket apparatus, two men drowning. The vessel has since broken up, her cargo washing out to sea or else all along the shore. The Lloyds sub-agent is in attendance and all that can possibly be done to save the cargo for the benefit of the owners will be done. The captain was amongst those saved. (1)(4)(5) Cargo consisted of planed boards. (5) `A Norwegian barque, CHRISTIANA of Drammen, bound for Dartmouth with a cargo of boards, went ashore at Chesil Bank and became a total wreck. Eight of the crew, including the captain, were saved; but two were drowned. (6) Source (2) gives date of loss as 01-SEP-1884.

Built: 1848
Owner: H Haugensen
Master: H Haugensen
Crew: 10
Crew Lost: 2
Net tonnage

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

<2> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast, 42 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<4> 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.

<5> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, p11. 04-SEP-1883 (Serial). SWX8434.

<6> 1883, Royal Cornwall Gazette 07-SEP-1883, p7 (Serial). SWX5864.

<7> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 778 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<8> Parliamentary papers Vol 70 1884-5, Board of Trade Casualty Returns, Appendix Parts I-IV, p 100 (Monograph). SWX4633.

<9> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 21 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Record last edited

Jan 16 2020 10:45AM