Vessel Type: Cargo

JOANAH

Sailing Vessel – Cargo, Clove Bark – LARN, VLI. Check ref. in Dor. Mag: No. 48, 1975 p15) – Near Weymouth.

JEUNE MARIA

Brighton Gazette 28/03/1861 Lugger – Cargo COAL. (LARN, VLI.) – 15 miles S of Portland. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1857-8 Table 8 p16.

JESSIE

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

JEANNE SS

  Cargo COAL. Torpedoed by German Submarine U-37. Captain Jonathon Macinnes. 7 crew lost. The wreck has been identified by the maker’s plate but as yet no bell has been found. The boarding crew from U Boat 37 possibly removed it, they often took the bell to prove the kill and used bombs rather than … Read Article

JASON

Steamship – Captain R. J. Evans. Cargo IRON (Cast Ingots). (LARN) – 150 yards from Sheep Rock, Portland. Weymouth Library Photo. L910.4JA.4. Eventually towed off the rocks. (LePard: pages 90 & 91) Times: Monday, March 20, 1911, Issue 39537 –“The steamer Jason, which went ashore on the Bill of Portland while on a voyage from … Read Article

JANE FRANCIS

Brigantine – Captain A. May. Cargo China Clay. (LARN) 15 miles SE of Portland Bill. Sank following a collision; possibly with an American vessel. Ref. Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 286(J)

JACOBA CATHERINA

JACOBA CATHERINA : On Sunday last, she sprang a leak in the channel keeping the crew constantly at the pumps and making for Portland, hoped to save her by running her ashore. She was within 3 or 4 miles of Weymouth Pier when she suddenly sank in 11 fathoms. The master, two seamen and a … Read Article

ISTRARNE

Swedish Brig – (LARN) – Cargo IRON, Oil, Coal tar & Wood. Chesil Beach, near Burton Bradstock. Three crew saved and four lost. A steward from the wreck thought to be about 20 years of age, named Olaf Bjorkholm of Stockholm, was buried from the wreck on 24/11/1837 in Burton Bradstock churchyard. ‘The vessel was … Read Article

IOLANTHE

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

IOANNIS FAFALIOS

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