Armed Steamship – R. T. B. Harvey. [42M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 29.612N; 03 16.988W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-104, Oberleutnant Bieber. The vessel sank at once killing one Spanish seaman. The rest of the crew were picked up by a patrol craft and land at Torquay. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 … Read Article
LITTLE MYSTERY Schooner – Captain J. H. Greet. Cargo COAL. (Good detail in LARN) ” Carrying 168 tons of cargo was stopped by an unidentified German Submarine at 7 a.m., when the enemy vessel went alongside and her Commander fired several shots at the crew with his pistol, wounding one man in the arm. The crew … Read Article
L H CARL [20/07/1917] – Steamship [45 to 54M] – Captain T. Davies. (Dive Dorset: 47 p41), (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5 p33 No. 75) – 50 23.96N; 02 46.48W. (Details in LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40 abreast of the boiler room killing two crew, 14 miles SW Portland Bill. Cargo … Read Article
Steamship being used as a hospital ship [34M] – Captain P. H. Day. General Cargo. (Clarke: – 50 34.91N; 01 56.57W) & (Comprehensive detail in LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UB-57. Sold to Kingston Sub Aqua Club. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p218; Dive Dorset: p128. & Burnett: p62
Steamship – (Detail in LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UB-103, 16 miles SE of Portland Bill. LCWLR: WW1, p225 & Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p89. Neither refs. agree on position?
Steamship – Captain R. T. B. Harvey. LARN; South Devon 1918 & Clarke: GPS; 50 21.38N; 03 24.37W Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-103, Kapitanleutnant Paul Hundius. Eighteen of her crew were lost, including the Captain. 26 survivors were picked up by sea patrols and landed at Torquay. Note: UB-103 was sighted the next day by … Read Article
Warship (Drifter) – (LARN) Foundered St Alban’s Head after a collision. Refs. SRN: Vol. 2 p190 & ADM.APV. 1917 p23.
Wooden schooner – 108 tons – Built by Spence, Kingston 1878 – Owned by P Donovan, Fowey – Captain W. Dunne. Cargo COAL – En-route to France from Cardiff – Attacked by gunfire from UB-38, vessel abandoned, robbed for food and paraffin oil, and then scuttled by the German Submarine 7 miles W Portland Bill. … Read Article
Armed Steamship – Captain J. Scott. (Dive Dorset: 201 p150) & (Clarke: p70) (50 27.64, N; 02 07.96W) (LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UC-75, 10 miles SE of Portland Bill. Cargo Military Stores & Cargo RAILWAY (Trucks). Refs. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p77 & British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, … Read Article
built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News in 1913 and owned at the time of her loss by The Texas Company, New York, was an American tanker of 5225 tons. On March 18th, 1917, Illinois, on a voyage from London to Port Arthur in ballast, was scuttled by the German submarine UC-21 … Read Article