Norwegian Tanker – (Clarke: GPS; 50 21.38N; 03 24.47W) Bombed by German Aircraft. 28 of the crew were killed. LARN South Devon 1941. Refs. LCWLR: WW2, p219; Devon Shipwrecks: 1974 p249; Dive South Cornwall: p97 & Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: 1990 Ed. p108.
Steam Driven Collier [50M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 36 p47 & Clarke: GPS; 50 43.12N; 02 48.87W. (Good details also in LARN) – Scuttled by German Submarine UC-61, 9 miles SW Portland Bill. Cargo COAL. Usual story except here the Captain G. Wright attempted an escape. His vessel was hit 12 times killing two … Read Article
Steam Driven Oil Tanker [18M] – Cargo, Diesel & Heating Oil. Dive Dorset: 184 p142 & Clarke: GPS; 50 35.40N; 02 18.37W & (More detail in LARN) – Hit mine and sank on the Lulworth Banks. (LePard: p32). Legg: p54 & Farr: p57. REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. W.P.BOOTH, CHIEF OFFICER OF THE … Read Article
Steam Cargo Vessel – Detail in Dive Dorset: 130 p106: GPS; 50 20.35N; 02 26.58W – Scuttled by German Submarine UC-75. NIL.
Times: Wednesday, March 3, 1886, Issue 31697 – The Britannia, ketch from Arbroath, Scotland for Weymouth, with potatoes, went ashore on Monday on the ledges abreast of Osmington Coastguard Station near Weymouth. The crew, four in number, were saved. The vessel may be got off. Ship Incident
Steamship [56M] – General Cargo. (LARN) Sank following a collision with S.S. BELLCAIRN. Captain R. R. Ferrier. 12 miles S of Portland Bill. Also Clarke: GPS; 50 20.31N; 02 26.71W. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn 1884 Appx. C Table 1 p137 & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 16(B)(Supp). See Times A collision between two steamships, happily unattended … Read Article
Sloop – Cargo, Flour. Swanage. LARN, VLI. Ref. cited Dor. Mag: No. 58 p24.
Schooner Rigged Steamship [29M] – Captain T. Ellis. Cargo COAL, 1888 tons. In collision with French Steamer RENEE MARTHE (Clarke: Bow GPS; 50 29.479N; 03 22.691W, Stern GPS; 50 29.503N; 03 22.688W) Stern Gun still in place. Popular Dive Site. LARN South Devon 1918. Refs. Lloyd’s Register: WW1 No. 1203(B); Dive South Cornwall: p51; Devon … Read Article
A tanker which sank in bad weather, with survivors getting ashore on the Isle of Wight. Wreck lies in about 30 M – LARN – 8 miles ESE of Anvil Point. Only ref. MOD(N) Hyd Wk. No. 013508738.
Steamship [27M] Cause of sinking unknown. (Clarke: GPS; 50 35.44N; 01 41.64W) Cargo COAL. NIL.