Maritime record MWX2424 - Alarm

An English pilot vessel. She seems to have just put a boat out with two men who were about to put a pilot on board the german vessel, SS Elba. The Elba suddenly altered her course and ran into the pilot cutter, cutting her literally in two. Alarm sank immediately. This occurred on 18 November 1881, about 10 miles off the Needles.

The Alarm was built in 1865. Master: I R Caws. Owner: G Greenham, Isle of Wight. She was run down at sea and sunk by collision with the SS ELBE. (1)

ALARM, in collision with the German steam ship ELBE, 10 miles west of the needles.(2)

The entry for this vessel in the United Kingdom Shipwreck Index appears under Isle of Wight (3). Additional source: Cowes Port Register 1786 1930 N CRO CWS/45

National Record of the Historic Environment, 1240921 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Parliamentary papers Vol 63, p133, (287) (Monograph). SWX4648.

<1> Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames Section 2, Isle of Wight (BB) (Monograph). SWX4988.

<3> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 1482 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 5 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2024 1:51PM