Steamship [44M] – Captain I. Isaksen. Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 18.25N; 03 30.32W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-91, Oberleutnant T. Bieber. All crew landed at Dartmouth. Researched by a Simon Bussett. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 490(E); LCWLR: WW1, p196; Dive South Cornwall: p146 & Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant … Read Article
Mine carrying Steamship [39M] – Cargo, Government Stores/Munitions. (Detail in LARN, 1918) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-57, 34 of the crew were killed. 12 ESE miles Anvil Point. (Clarke: GPS 50 30.11N; 01 40.35W) Cargo said to contain: Depth Charges and various types of Mines. Refs. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p194; British … Read Article
Dutch Steamship – (LARN) – (Detail and photograph in LePard: pages 134 & 135) This ship was re-floated only to hit a mine and sink in the North Sea a year later. Dorothea ashore Chesil Beach the cargo was offloaded and on a favourable tide the ship was re-floated with the help of tugs and … Read Article
Steamship – Captain A. Nilsen. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-16 off Portland. Ref. LCWLR: WW1 p71 & Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p79
Armed Steamship Conch – 1916 When you read this report from Larn, 1916 note that this is an armed steamship with a cargo of Benzine, from Rangoon on its way to the River Thames. The Captain is recorded as T. G. Scott. “Carrying a cargo of 7000 tons she was torpedoed at 10.30 p.m., without warning … Read Article
Armed Steamship – Captain R. C. Jones. Cargo COAL. (LARN) Hengistbury Head [18M]. (Clarke: GPS; 50 39.65N; 01 46.72W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-57 whilst on her maiden voyage. Seven crew killed, the rest were picked up by a warship and landed at Poole. Refs. Dor. Mag: Special Edition p11; Diver. June 1979 p24. & … Read Article
Steamship – Captain W. G. M. Christian. Cargo, Tea & Jute. (Detail in LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-58, 22 miles S of Portland Bill. The crew abandoned ship and a tug tried to tow the ship. However another torpedo sunk her. Refs. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p41; British Vessels Lost … Read Article
Steamship [39M] – Captain Furlong. Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.85N; 03 11.44W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40 Oberleutnant Howaldt. (LARN South Devon 1917) Refs. PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2963; Lloyd’s Register: WW1 No. 1193; Dive South Cornwall: p53 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1 p6.
Steamship – Cargo Ammunition. [61M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 19.069N; 03 03.47.5W) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-48. The crew were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed at Weymouth. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No9. 957(C); LCWLR: WW1, p107; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p38 & British Merchant Ships … Read Article
Steamship – [48M] Captain Kerien. (LARN) & (Clarke: GPS; 50 29.11N; 02 58.97W) – Refs. Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p16; LCWLR: WW1, p151 & Lloyd’s Register: 1916-17 No.771(C). Chateau Yquem SS was on passage from Dunkirk to Barry in ballast, when torpedoed by UB-40 on the 30th June 1917.