Deeper Dorset

MARJOLENE

Trawler [60M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 14.34N; 03 09.23W) NIL.

Times: Friday, December 11, 1903, Issue 37261 – “Portland, Dorset, Dec. 10 – The Marion, of Falmouth, Plymouth for Portland with a prize-firing target in tow, arrived and reports having lost a mate overboard and slipped target west of Portland.” Ship Incident

MARIA ANTONETTE

Fishing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – 3 to 4 miles ESE of Shambles Light Ship. Ref. MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. No. 013401762.

MARGUERITA

FEARS for the crew of a fishing smack, which was smashed to pieces off Portland Bill in the gale yesterday, were intensified Coastguards found the body of a middle-aged man a few yards from the wreck of a ship’s boat. Although it cannot be stated definitely there is reason to believe that the lost … Read Article

MAJORCA

Panamanian Motor Vessel [45M] Cargo, Fertiliser. (LARN) Sank about 25 miles off Berry Head Lyme Bay. All the crew were saved by the Torbay lifeboat. (Clarke: GPS; 50 20.20N; 02 57.56W) Ref. Lloyds List: No. 52170:10/09/1982 & L Spurling Database (Lloyd’s Register:)?

MADELAINE TRISTAN

Large three Masted Schooner MADELAINE TRISTAN – Captain Vallon. Cargo, Grain. Detail in Portland Museum & Weymouth Library L910.4.MA1-MA22. Also Photo L942.33.BU3. Chesil Cove. (Some detail in LARN, 1930) Rocket Apparatus. Good local story. Excellent pictures also in LePard: pages 116, 117, 118 & 119. Other refs. Burnett: p57; Southern Times: 12/09/1931. Portland Museum No. … Read Article

MACBAIN

Sailing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – 20 miles SSW Portland Bill. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p101 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p36.

MFV No. 9

Motor Fishing Vessel – (LARN, VLI.) – 2.5 miles WSW of Langton Coastguard Station, Chesil Beach.

MFV 1089

Fishing vessel 1089 developed engine trouble in thick fog off Chesil beach and ran aground. Two of the crew came ashore and had no idea where they were other than on the Chesil somewhere! After a long walk in freezing conditions they managed to summon help near Portland Isle and the local Coastguard assisted the … Read Article

MFV

MFV (Motor Fishing Vessel) [Circa 1986] – (Dive Dorset: 139 p110 & Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed. 4 No. 16) – 50 35.25N; 02 25.28W – Portland Breakwater.