Maritime record MWX2044 - Aimable Mere

A French vessel carrying wine from Bordeaux to Dunkirk with a crew of 7, lost in a storm near Lulworth Cove. Loss reported on 30 Nov 1838 (3).

'Late in 1838 and early 1839 there were two outstanding rescues by the St Albans Head Coastguards in which they used their boats, presumably launched from Chapmans Pool. On the earlier occasion they saved the crew of seven of this wreck. Lieut. W Parsons was awarded the Institutions silver medal and his seven boatmen rewarded.' (1)(3)

Additional sources in (3): W & R Dorset p78; Dorset Magazine 1975 No.49 p23.

<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, p78 (Monograph). SWX1056.

<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, 589 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

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

Record last edited

Aug 22 2023 3:41PM