LYME BAY (Aeolus, Catherine, Golden Grove, Piedmont, Thomas, Venus)

LYME BAY (Aeolus, Catherine, Golden Grove, Piedmont, Thomas, Venus): The Piedmont and five other ships wrecked on Chesil Beach off the Dorset coast, South England in November 1795. They became known as the Lyme Bay wrecks. Most cobs were found at the Piedmont wreck site.