Trawler taken over by the Admiralty as an armed trawler WW1. Sank after hitting a mine. Said to have been identified by an oil lamp with the ships name.
No information that I can find due to war time censorship.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Seaflower
The lump approx. 200m off the end of Eastbourne pier is probably the Seaflower which was lost on the 6th of September 1849 after it sprang a leak.
From Sunderland with Captain Atkinson in charge the Sea Flower was on a voyage from Guernsey for London with a cargo of Granite, which having not dived this mark I would assume is what the 'lump' is!
Lloyds shipwreck index has the date for the Sea Flowers loss as June 1849. It also references ,G F Chambers book, 'Eastbourne Memories' which refers to the wreck as the Mayflower, although in the index it's listed as the Sea Flower!
The late Mr. Gasson of Eastbourne was mentioned in a letter to the newspaper in 1938, which described him swimming to the wreck or, more, the granite blocks.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Achille
Lost 17/07/1883- 3miles to the West of the Sovereign light ship
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| NRCQ was the Achilles call sign |
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| Captain of Achilles is L Negretto in lloyds. Captain Burnard is probably the pilot vessel Captain. Achilles was Italian, not French! |
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