| Reference | Detail | Dates | Archive | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW:B1 | water supply to Portland coastguard station by Portland Water Supply Committee, 1905 onward |
1905 to 1905 | Dorset History Centre | None |
| D.530 | records of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Swanage, including returns of services, 1876-1975 & minutes 1895-1957 |
1876 to 1975 | Dorset History Centre | rescue coastguard |
| D/NJH:A | letter of thanks to E Dean for help in conveying Isle of Purbeck lifeboat, 1866 |
1866 to 1866 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence rescue |
| D/RWR:X16 | out-letter book of Thomas Milner Gibson at the Board of Trade, including references to Trinity House, lighthouses, Ramsgate harbour and other coastal matters, Fitzroy's storm signals etc., 1861-6, notably letters about Sir David Brewster's claims |
1862 to 1866 | Dorset History Centre | navigation communications |
| Photocopy 365/24 | copy agreement for extinction of common rights on acquisition of land in manor of Portland for erection of new lighthouse by Trinity House, with plan, 1904 | 1904 to 1904 | Dorset History Centre | ownership communications signalling |
| D/RWR:T1 | annuities charged on 3/32 share of Eddystone Rock lighthouse, 1761, 1764 |
1761 to 1764 | Dorset History Centre | ownership communications signalling coastal |
| Photocopy 609/2 | Trinity House certificate of exemption from impressment for Robert Comben, assistant keeper of the Portland lights, 1806 |
1806 to 1806 | Dorset History Centre | service recruitment lighthouses |
| BW/B2 | correspondence, 1906, concerning water supply to new lighthouse, Portland, between Southwell and coastguard stations, with advice as to wording of license as lighthouse situated on common land vested in the Crown |
1906 to 1906 | Dorset History Centre | ownership coastal |
| BW:B4 | correspondence regarding water supply to Portland Bill lighthouse, 1925 with Portland Water Supply Committee minutes |
1925 to 1925 | Dorset History Centre | coastal |
| D771/4 | notes about Portland Bill lighthouses, n.d. |
None to None | Dorset History Centre | coastal signalling |
| D/RGB:640 | transcripts of letter to and from the Weymouth collector of Customs mentioning wrecks, 1694-1772 |
1694 to 1772 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence |
| D/LEG:F 2-10 | various wrecks mentioned in the diaries of the Lester family, 1761-1802 |
1761 to 1802 | Dorset History Centre | ships |
| D/WLC/C84 | letter referring to vessel forced onto Portland Beach, 1774 |
1774 to 1774 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence wrecks ships |
| D/TRD:F22 | certified copy parish register entries for Worth Matravers, concerning wreck of the Halsewell off Purbeck coast, 1786 |
1786 to 1786 | Dorset History Centre | ships |
| D.547/1 | note of wrecks of Alexander (1815), Taberan (1821), Golden Grove (1795), Spritly (1821), Saggitario (1840), and others unnamed off Portland, 1795-1840 |
1795 to 1840 | Dorset History Centre | ships |
| PE/BBK/RE9 | notes on sudden deaths, including many drownings, and interesting details of shipwrecks, 1837-8, all in Burton Bradstock burial register, 1813-48 |
1813 to 1848 | Dorset History Centre | None |
| Photocopy 460 | description of wreck of Norwegian vessel Christiane on Portland Beach, 8 September 1883 by JC Camben |
1883 to 1883 | Dorset History Centre | ships |
| PE/LR/RE7,10, 16 | references to burials and wrecks at Lyme Regis, the Alexander, an East India ship (1815), the Angelina (1851), Heroine (1852), La Jeune Rose (1854), HMS Formidable (1915) |
1815 to 1915 | Dorset History Centre | ships navy deaths |
| D.523/1 | memoranda by John Thomas Elliott on Portland wrecks, 1815-76 Calendar of Prisoners Epiphany QS 1839, prosecutions for theft of articles washed ashore from the schooner Mary Ann of Plymouth stranded on the beach at Abbotsbury, Novemb |
1815 to 1876 | Dorset History Centre | crime ships |
| D/TRD:C76 | letters mentioning the loss of HMS Camilla, 1861 |
1861 to 1861 | Dorset History Centre | correspondence navy ships wrecks |