IOANNIS FAFALIOS, (Formerly S.S. BITINIA, once sunk by a British Submarine) 3,122 ton Greek Steamship – (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5 p33 ) & (LARN) – Sank after a collision with the RFA BACCHUS. 10 survivors landed at Portland. 20 miles S of St Alban’s Head. Cargo IRON (Ore). Refs. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: … Read Article
Motor Vessel [42M] – LARN – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 101 p92: – 50 29.35N; 02 35.13W) & Clarke: GPS 50 29.40N; 02 35.22W) – 5 miles off Portland Bill. Refs. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1930 p8(g); & Lloyd’s Register: 1926-27 No. 72904(I)
Norwegian Schooner – Poole Harbour. LARN, VLI. No other references
Incident – On Sunday evening October 17th, 1948, the Pinnace from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS with about 50 men onboard, many of them young National Servicemen, was returning to the ship after a day out in Weymouth and Dorchester in bad weather when it was swamped and sank in Portland Harbour. In the ensuing tumult 29 young … Read Article
Steamship – Captain J. Simpson. Cargo COAL. (LARN, VLI.) – 9 miles SSE of Portland Bill. Found? No record. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1907-8 No. 46(I)
The Times January 6th 1900 Wreck of a Channel Steamer Ibex The Great Western mail boat Ibex, which left Weymouth on Thursday night for Guernsey, struck the Black Rock off St Sampsons Guernsey, at 6 o’clock yesterday morning the passengers were awoke by a terrible crash, and rushing on deck they found that the Ibex … Read Article
Hydrofoil – (LARN, VLI.) – Poole.
Steamship [35M] – (Clarke: GPS; Not given) Collided with S.S. ELMSGARTH off St Catherine’s Point. NIL.
“Wrecked on the Chesil Beach near Ferry Bridge” (LePard: p48) NIL.
London Steamship [7M] – Captain J. J. Huntley. Cargo Iron Ore (Spanish) for Newcastle. Farr: p87 & LARN – (A little detail in Dive Dorset: 204 p152: GPS; 50 35.30N; 02 06.10W.) Driven ashore at Freshwater. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1896-7 No. 417(H)