Maritime record MWX2185 - Treveal

Foundered in dense fog on the Ledges in heavy seas on the last leg of her maiden voyage. Distress signals, flares and radio messages brought out tugs and the lifeboat, which were driven back by the heavy weather. The captain thought the vessel was breaking up and ordered all her crew to abandon ship in two boats, only seven men reaching the shore alive. Thirty-seven drowned in Chapmans Pool, while the wreck remained intact less than a mile offshore in eight fathoms of water. Frederick Kelly of HMS VICTORY, stationed with the local coastguards, was court-martialled on 13.08 for negligence of duty in that he had not at once taken the necessary steps to inform the authorities of the windward lifeboat that the TREVEAL was ashore. Charged with negligent performance of duty, the charge was proved and he was dismissed from his ship and severely reprimanded. The cargo from the wreck was salvaged and brought into Weymouth, where it was hung on the hedges to dry at Wyke Regis. (2)(4) Built: 1919 Builder: Harland and Wolff Where Built: Glasgow Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine HP: 517 Boilers: 3 Owner: Hain SS. Co. Ltd. Master: C Paynter Crew: 43 Crew Lost: 36 Date of Loss Qualifier: A 12-JAN-1920: Broken in two amidships. Position 50 35 00N 02 05 15W. 01-NOV-1922: TREVEAL was taken up by the gale of 01-NOV-1922; portions of wreck are only visible at low water. 10-OCT-1974: Wrecks lie in 25 to 40 feet of water. Nothing of the wrecks is visible above the water at any state of the tide. Only evidence of the TREVEAL is the anchor, boilers and propeller (of iron). The wrecks have been well picked. Few condenser tubes and odd pieces of metal lying about sea bed. Only part of the GLENMORE is the boilers about 50 feet NE of TREVEALs boilers, which are the highest part of the wreckage, standing about 20 feet high on sea bed. Position on charts is accurate. (1) A brass engine room telegraph gong a brass inspection lamp a small hand-held manometer a small padlock and a (Droit A/3179) Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: GPCS. p40-46; DS. p52; LR.1919-20 No.28577(T)

Position 50 35.15N 2 04.90W taken from (3)

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<1> United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1992, Hydrographic Office wreck index (Index). SWX4837.

<2> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<3> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1984, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (1st Edition), p144 (Monograph). SWX1714.

<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> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck 418/00 (Unpublished document). SWX162.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 51 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Le Pard, G F, 2005, Shipwrecks of the Dorset Coast (Monograph). SDO9637.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 904654 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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