HMS M2. 1918 Submarine [31M] – Captain Lieut. Cdr. ‘RN’ Leathes. (Good detail in Dive Dorset: 102 p93 – 50 34.60N; 02 33.93W – Article, Simon Bird, Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland, Ed. 4 page 300. (More detail in LARN) – West Bay. (Clarke: 50 34.60N; 02 34.01W with extra detail) War Grave. (Detail and … Read Article
Dandy – Captain F. Gush. (LARN) – Lyme Regis. Ref. cited BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1902 Appx. C Table 1 p120.
Schooner [52M] – Captain J. F. Drouyn. Foundered. (LARN, VLI) – 14 miles WSW Portland Bill. Cargo METAL (Mixed). (Clarke: GPS: 50 25.93N; 02 48.67W) Dundee Evening Telegraph – Friday 31 July 1914
Sailing Barge/Ketch (London) – Captain W. King. Cargo Clay. LARN – Poole Breakwater. Note: Poole Lifeboat HARMER saved the crew of four. Farr: List p133.
Ketch – Cargo STONE – Lyme Regis. LARN, VLI. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1910 Appx. C Table 3 p114.
British Sloop, sank having caught fire. – Dive Dorset: 210 p154: GPS; 50 34.40N; 02.03.83W – 1 mile outside Chapman’s Pool.
Yacht – (LARN, VLI) – St Alban’s Head. Check the Southern Times: 18/09/1937.
Schooner – Captain J. Murtagh. (LARN) – 14 miles SE Portland Bill. Sank following a collision with S.S. LYNX of Milford. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. Appx. C Table 1 p155 & Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 339(L).
Motor vessel – Captain George Semison. Cargo COAL – Off Portland Bill. LARN ” The 63 year old master of this vessel was a survivor of 300 wartime convoys through the channel, known as ‘Bomb Alley’. During 250 of these his ship had been under attack, or fired at by German coastal guns or E-Boats. … Read Article
Modern Yacht which foundered off Portland Bill. Captain J. R. S. Hawker. (LePard: pages 78 & 79) – Detail in Dive Dorset: 81 p80; Shore dive @ SY 677 682. Weymouth Library Photo L910.4. RELE.1 (Also LARN, VLI.)