Bristol Channel Shipping Memories

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In September the yacht “ Dancingway”, with five men and two women aboard got a rope foul of her propeller and drifted close to the Gore Sands in Bridgwater Bay. The crew were saved by the Barry lifeboat. April 23rd. The London barque “Nebula”, Antwerp to Cardiff in ballast, ran aground on Porteynon Point. The crew were all saved. The vessel was badly damaged but later repaired and refloated. On 5th December the Spanish schooner “ Loretta”, bound from Liverpool to Cuba, was seen drifting towards Nash Sands near Porthcawl, having been blown off course. The Porthcawl lifeboat (Good Deliverance) went to her aid, initially taking off the master's wife and then the whole crew of eleven and the pilot. The first person to swim the 30.5nmi (56.5km; 35.1mi) from Ilfracombe to Swansea was Gethin Jones, who achieved the record on 13 September 2009, taking nearly 22 hours. [23] Penarth to Clevedon [ edit ]

windsurfroundbritain.co.uk". windsurfroundbritain.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 . Retrieved 2 May 2017. An unknown troop transport vessel on her way from Bristol to Ireland, carrying troops to put down a rebellion, ran aground on the Scarweather Sands. Several hundred soldiers perished and their bodies were washed ashore at Sker beach. They were buried in a mass grave in Caer Newydd at Porthcaw October 10th. During another gale the barque “Jane Boyd” of Aberdeen, parted her cables off the Mumbles and collided with the “Frances”, Valparaiso for Swansea with copper ore. The “Frances” was holed and sank off West Cross. The twenty crewmembers were landed at Singleton by the vessels longboat. The vessel was raised on Christmas Eve and successfully berthed in the harbour.June 22nd , the “Fanny”, Neath bound for Cork with a cargo of culm became stranded on Skysea. The vessel began breaking up and the crew abandoned ship and rowed for Porteynon. The steamship “Cranstone”, Liverpool from Hamburg with lignite, had discovered the cargo to be on fire while abeam of the Isle of Wight and after many hours of fighting the fire, it was decided to run for Swansea. The vessel arrived off the Mumbles with her sides glowing from the heat and huge flames rising from the fore-hold. The tugs “Herculaneum”, “Mumbles” and “Trusty” beached the vessel and got to work extinguishing the fire. The remains of the cargo were later discharged and the vessel refloated.

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the offshore western limit of the Bristol Channel as "a line joining Hartland Point in Devon ( 51°01′N 4°32′W / 51.017°N 4.533°W / 51.017; -4.533) to St. Govan's Head in Pembrokeshire ( 51°36′N 4°55′W / 51.600°N 4.917°W / 51.600; -4.917)".

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December 19th, the Liverpool brig “Bounty Hall” , Calcutta for Liverpool, stranded at Whitford. The vessel was later taken into Whitford Pill and then to Penclawdd for repairs. The vessel was reloaded in February of 1820 and proceeded to Liverpool. From lighthouses to holiday resorts, the Bristol Channel is dotted with landmarks along its coastline. September 5th. The Swansea based trawler “Picton Castle” was heading for her home port during a westerly gale, when off Oxwich the crew observed a schooner being swamped by heavy seas and capsizing. The trawler launched her boat and rescued the Master, four crew members and the ships dog from the “Esperance”, which had been bound for Swansea from Boulogne with a cargo of pitwood. Jan 1,3 Severe snowstorms, Scotland 1875 March 12 Severe snowstorm, S. England. Destruction of life and property On 8th April the Belgian ship “ Suzan”, went ashore at Breaksea Point near Barry. Fortunately she was pulled clear by the tugs Eagle and Wardleys.

January 30th. The “Delight”, Bridgewater from Neath, ran onto the Scarweather Sands. The four crew were saved but the vessel and her cargo were lost. The hospital ship sank within minutes. Of those on board the Glenart Castle, 93 crew members died, including Captain Bernard Burt. Others who perished included 47 RAMC officers and men, eight female nurses, and two army chaplains. Once the U-boats had found a way into the Irish Sea - where they could disrupt traffic to Ireland, the USA, and South America - they made numerous return visits.” The Glenart Castle is still remembered and commemorated in military and naval medical circles,” Mr Hemmings said. March 6th. With a large swell running over the Mixon Shoal, the brigantine “Earl Gowrie”, bound for her home port of Waterford with a cargo of coal, was lost with all hands.the “Leverpool”, a Bristol bound vessel was run down off Worms Head by a vessel bound for Swansea. Five of her crew were drowned. She sank on her first transatlantic voyage. Historians think she was running without lights in dense fog to avoid detection and foundered 1 mile east of Lundy Island, North Devon near the mouth of the Bristol channel. September 27th, the “Jane”, Cardiff from Cork, ran onto Nash Point. Three of her crew and the vessel were lost. January 21st. The Arendal barque “Mercur”, Boston to Penarth with a cargo of maize, was driven ashore at Slade . The crew got ashore safely but the vessel was a total loss. Later in January the brigantine “Sofia”, Naples for Swansea in ballast, was driven ashore during a south easterly gale at Longhole Gut, between Paviland and Overton. The crew of nine and the pilot managed to get ashore.