Lartington
Tramp Steamer · United Kingdom · Lost 1879 · Bermuda
A British tramp steamer carrying cotton to Russia that cracked her hull in heavy seas and grounded near Bermuda's Western Blue Cut in 1879.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Lartington was a tramp steamer built in 1875 at Sunderland, England, carrying 4,000 bales of cotton from Savannah, Georgia toward Russia when a reportedly enormous wave cracked her hull in a storm. Captain George Dixon made for Bermuda rather than risk sinking at sea, but the ship ran aground on a reef near Western Blue Cut, five miles northwest of the Royal Naval Dockyard, on 12 December 1879. All crew were rescued and most of the cargo salvaged. The wreck now lies alongside the Montana and Constellation in what local divers call the Shipwreck Triangle.
Vessel
- 1875
- Short Brothers
- Sunderland, England
- Steel
- 245 ft
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- Steam and sail
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Loss
- December 12, 1879
- Storm
- Reef near Western Blue Cut, northwest of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
- Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda
- Savannah, Georgia → Russia
- 4,000 bales of cotton
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- George Dixon
The Wreck Today
- 15-35
- Collapsed on top of the reef; upturned bow section largely intact, mid-section scattered.
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Position
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- Position not established
- Western Blue Cut, northwest of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Exact coordinates and tonnage are not established in the sources reviewed.
Build details, loss narrative, captain, and rediscovery.
