MIRANDA
Western Daily Press – Saturday 01 October 1977 Stolen Motor Yacht – (LARN) – Ended up on Chesil Beach. It is uncertain whether the thief survived or not! Sunday Express: 20/11/1977.
Time Period: 20th Century
MILO
Steamship – Captain Thomas Bennamin Oxland (LARN) – Sank after a collision with an unidentified steamship, 21 miles SSW of Anvil Point. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1917 Pt. II Table (a) p36; Lloyd’s Register: 1918-19 No. 1173(M) & Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: p199. Helm recovered and restored
MICHELLE
Western Daily Press – Thursday 26 April 1984 Fishing Vessel – Sank while lifting a heavy object – 3.75 miles NE Handfast Point. Refs. Lloyds List: 27/04/1984.
MERCHANT ROYAL
Bell recovered with the previous name GOODWOOD – British Cargo Ship [53M] – Detail in Dive Dorset: 115 p97: GPS; 50 20.05N; 02 29.68W – (Also LARN) Involved in a collision with WILLIAM B TRAVIS. Well salvaged the cargo was mainly steel. 11 miles SSW of Portland Bill. (Also Clarke: & Divers Guide Weymouth & … Read Article
MERCEDES
Small sailing boat MERCEDES, report in the DCC: 16/07/1914; “SAILING BOAT SUNK – EXCITING RESCUE IN THE BAY. – The Franklin Sailing Club’s races in Weymouth Bay on Wednesday afternoon produced a great deal more excitement than usual, owing to an alarming mishap to the MERCEDES, which was sailed by Messrs. J. L. Pearce and … Read Article
MAYFLOWER
Schooner – Captain Tom Godden. Last used as a houseboat, providing teas and other refreshments for holiday makers taking trips around the harbour. Thought to have come from Poole around 1919, and was lived on by four members of the Godden family. Captain Tom being known as Robinson Crusoe – Cleaval Point, Poole. SZ003862. LSWC: … Read Article
MAY
Sailing Vessel – Weymouth Library Photo L910.4, MA.15 – Struck by a vessel from the New Zealand Steamship Co. Off Portland Bill. LARN, VLI. No other refs.
MAY
Times: Thursday, December 21, 1922, Issue 43220 –“ Steamer May off St. Catharine’s. The Scandinavia, ashore on Portland.” Ship Incident
MAUD MARY
Polish 3 Masted Schooner – Standfast Point, Old Harry Rocks. LARN & Legg: p85 plus a photograph.
MARY
Schooner – Captain Gilbert. Cargo CEMENT (Bagged). (LARN, VLI.) – 12 miles WNW of Portland Bill. Check Ref. Southern Times: 12/11/1921.