The weblogs Wayland Wordsmith and JSBlog have posts on the wreck of the Tehwija, a schooner that ran aground near Exmouth in 1907.
The Tehwija, called the Viga by some local newspapers, was a Riga-registered three-masted schooner carrying timber from the Baltic to Exmouth. It was wrecked in stormy conditions at Orcombe Point, fortunately without loss of life due to a successful rescue of the crew by the Teignmouth lifeboat. The Devon Local Studies Library has a photo of the wreck, which you can see is on the Exmouth side of Orcombe Point, as well as one of the captain's Pomeranian dog, which had to be left aboard but survived the wreck.
See Wayland Wordsmith for The wreck of the schooner 'Viga', an account from Pulman's Weekly; and JSBlog for The wreck of the Tehwija, which contains the text of a 1956 Nautical Magazine article by Anne Walsingham.
- RG
The wreck of the Tehwija
