Maritime record MWX2078 - Liberty 1868

Year Built: 1814 Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 5 Date of Loss Qualifier: A ` - this schooner struck near Kimmeridge Ledges, her seamen seen by the Coastguards clinging to the rigging as the sea kept breaking over them. Meanwhile several boats were launched to assist them but were driven to leeward and back on the beach, risking their lives to try to save the crew. The vessel keeled over, and no more was seen of the men. Wind conditions W force 10. (3) 25-SEP-1868, LIBERTY, stranded, became a total loss on Kimmeridge Ledges in wind W 10.(4)(5) Additional source: The Telegram, 01.10.1868®

Steve Etches has located granite to the east of Broad bench, almost certainly the cargo. (6)

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, p83 (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> Board of Trade, 1868, Parliamentary papers 1868, Board of Trade Casualty Returns 1868-1869., p 34 (712) (Monograph). SWX6461.

<5> Parliamentary papers Vol 55, p38 (716) (Monograph). SWX6462.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 699 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901102 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 12 2024 10:11AM