Deeper Dorset

NETHERTON

Sailing Vessel Captain W. Truscott. Cargo METALS (Ferrous). (LARN, VLI.) – Sank 18 miles S Anvil Point. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p95 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p33.

Picture of near identical sister ship Dunsley I have searched for years for a picture of Miniota, if anyone can help or point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated. Steamship [65M] – (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: p33 JA) & (LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine U-19, 13 miles SW of … Read Article

MINERVA

Early iron screwed Norwegian steamship [43M] – Captain C. Christiansen. (Detail in Dive Dorset: 50 p53: GPS; 50 29.60N; 02 45.31W) (Clarke: has GPS; 50 29.61N; 02 58.34W). (Minimal detail in LARN) – Scuttled (or possibly torpedoed) by a German Submarine, 15 miles WNW of Portland Bill. Check Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses … Read Article

MERMAID

Sailing Vessel – Attacked by gunfire from a German Submarine and abandoned by the crew. Vessel boarded and looted before being scuttled. The survivors were picked up by the Norwegian S.S. BJERKA and landed at St Helens Roads. (LARN) – 18 miles SSW Anvil Point. Refs. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p47; LCWLR: WW1, … Read Article

MEMNON

Steamship [60M] – Captain R. W. Brisco. General Cargo. (LARN, 1917) – Sunk by German Submarine U-66, 20 miles SW Portland Bill. (Clarke: GPS; 50 12.27N; 02 40.91W) Refs. Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: Vol. 2, p466; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1 p73; LCWLR: WW1, p103; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p37 … Read Article

MARTHA

Belgium Steamship [46M] – Captain G. Nicaise. Dive Dorset: 69 p63: GPS; 50 27.25N; 02 38.17W. (Also LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine UB-80 (Torpedoed), sunk 9 miles SW Portland Bill. Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p11.

MARIA

Schooner – Captain W. Lewis. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Scuttled by German Submarine, 25 miles SW Portland Bill. Ref. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p42; LCWLR: WW1, p117 &Lloyd’s Register: 1916-17 No. 170(M).

MARGUARITE

Steamship, French Collier [33M] – Captain Esnol. (LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine UB-40, 7 miles off Lyme Bay. (Clarke: GPS; 50 36.13N; 02 58.73W) See also Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p19; LCWLR: WW1, p150 & Lloyd’s Register: WW1, No. 485(M)

MACBAIN

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

LUXOR

Armed Steamship – Captain R. G. Muir. (Detail in LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine UB-57, 15 miles S of Portland Bill? Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p207; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p84; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1 p173; PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2959 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 1079(L)