Maritime record MWX2197 - Diana 1922

The Diana became disabled when her mainsail tackle broke off Peveril Ledge, causing her to drift ashore. The Coastguard rocket apparatus was used to save the captain, his wife, son and crew. (1)(2)

Built: 1891
Builder: G and T Smith
Where Built: Rye
Owner: G Winn
Master: G Winn
Passengers: 1
Additional sources: LR 1922-3 No 46341(D)

'A violent storm raged in South Dorset on Saturday morning, and there was a heavy fall of snow . . . The French ketch DIANA went ashore on Peveril Ledge, off Swansea [sic] early on Saturday morning. The lifeboat service was summoned but could not get out. The crew, consisting of mother, father, son and another man, were saved by the rocket apparatus.' (3)

Sources (1) and (2) state that the vessel was English, registered in Rye, and indicate the 1st of April as the reporting date of loss; the publication date of source (4) suggests that the 1st of April was the actual date of loss, and states the vessel's nationality as French. The composition of the crew in (4) suggests the vessel's primary function as a leisure craft. (5)

Built: 1891 (1)(3)
Builder: G and T Smith (1)(3)
Where Built: Rye (1)(3)
Master: G Winn (1)(3)
Crew: 4 (4)
Passengers: 1 (1)(3)
Owner: G Winn (1)(3)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
LR.1922-3 No.46341(D)

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<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> Farr, Grahame, 1971, Wreck and rescue on the Dorset coast (Monograph). SWX1056.

<4> The Times, 03-APR-1922, No.42,996 p5 (Serial). SWX3285.

<5> NRHE Compiler's comments, 27-Mar-12 (Verbal communication). SDO19863.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 975 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 26 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900880 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 3 2024 1:19PM