Maritime record MWX2179 - Arklow

`Carrying a valuable general cargo, went ashore on the eastern part of Kimmeridge Ledge. The crew were saved by the coastguard and taken to the station at St. Albans Head. The steam tug COMMODORE went to the scene where the Lloyds Agent found her on the rocks with a hole in her bottom and full of water. The Receiver of Wreck has taken charge of some cargo which was brought into Weymouth harbour. (1)(3) `Sale of Wreck. Mr. Sydney Milledge and Son, offer for sale at the Crown Hotel the hull, machinery etc. of the ARKLOW...condition of sale, no efforts should be made to get her off for 14 days so that cargo can be saved, and if broken up, 48 hours notice to be given to the salvers. The opening bid was £20, the wreck eventually sold for £190 to Mr. Brice, of Glasgow. The cargo will be auctioned at a later date.' (1)(3)

Construction: 4 x bulkheads; pdeck 105ft; fcastle 36ft Machinery: D and W Henderson Built: 1861 Builder: Alexander Stephenson Where Built: Glasgow HP: 263 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Owner: G D Kidston Master: David Kerr Crew: 22. Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index.

<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, p65 (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, 759 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 10 (Monograph). SDO16406.

…222 feet long, 28 feet wide and 15feet 4 inches deep.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 901150 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 12 2024 10:07AM