Maritime record MWX2084 - Sir Home Popham

1817 wreck of a French brig on St Alban's Ledge. She was en route from Lisbon to Antwerp, with passengers as well as a cargo of wine, sugar, lemons and cocoa.

Built: 1800
Where Built: France
Master: Clements (1) George Clements (5)
Crew lost: 0 (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

`The SIR HOME POPHAM, Clements, from Lisbon to Antwerp, was wrecked off St. Alban's Head on Friday night. Part of the stores and a small part of the cargo saved.' (1)

15-AUG-1817, SIR HOME POPHAM, wrecked off St Albans Head.(3)

Source (2) attributes French nationality to the vessel; both vessel and master have English names.

'Poole, Aug. 22 - On Saturday morning last the brig, SIR HOME POPHAM, of 110 tons, G Clements, master, laden with wine, sugar, lemons, and cocoa, from Lisbon to Antwerp, struck on the rocks off St. Alban's Head, in the Isle of Purbeck. The passengers and crew were all saved, as was also a part of the cargo. It was impossible, however, owing to the very high sea, to get the vessel off before she became a wreck the following morning.' (4)

'On Tuesday the 26th August, 1817, will be sold by public auction, at the Old Antelope Inn, Poole, at three o' clock, about 200 boxes of lemons, 12 boxes of oranges, and 27 bags of almonds in the shells, saved from the wreck of the SIR HOME POPHAM, George Clements, master, from Lisbon, bound to Antwerp.' (5)

Additional source:
LR.1816 No.506(S)

Additional source: LR 1816 No 506(S)

<1> 1745 onwards, Lloyds list, 19-AUG-1817, No.5204 (Serial). SWX8434.

<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> 1817, Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1817., p288 (668) (Monograph). SWX6535.

<4> Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday 25-AUG-1817, No. 4,195 p4 (Serial). SWX6825.

<5> Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday 25-AUG-1817, No. 4,195, p1 (Serial). SWX6825.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 531 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1230226 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 15 2024 12:18PM