Deeper Dorset

JANE

Fishing Cutter – Captain G. H. Gush. (LARN, VLI.) Bridport, 1 mile E of Seatown, Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1896 Appx. C Table 1 p113.

Admiralty Trawler JAMES FENNEL, bound from Gibraltar for Portsmouth [18M] – (Dive Dorset: 125 p103/104 – 50 32.75N; 02 27.30W) & (Clarke: 50 32.78N; 02 27.51W) (Also good local detail in LARN) – Blacknor Point, Portland. (LePard: pages 108 & 109). Farr: p49, Weymouth Library Photograph L910.4 JA.1-8 neg. No. 24/19. Portland Museum Wreck No. … Read Article

HMS HICKORY

Built as an Armed Trawler [43M] – (LARN) – Hit mine and sank 14 miles W of Portland Bill. Clarke: GPS; 50 29.43N; 02 54.61W). SRN: Vol. 2, p167. & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW2, p8.

HMS HARSTADT

Whaler Minesweeper [58M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.11N; 03 01.19W) Sunk by German E-boats. NIL.

FRIENDS

Fishing Smack – Captain H. Frost. (LARN) – Sank following a collision with the S.S. BRODRICK CASTLE of Poole. 2 miles W of Christchurch. See WILD SWAN. & EDWARD & SARAH. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1889 Appx. C Table 1.

EXCELSIOR

Fishing Drifter [19M]. Hengistbury Head. Note: Cargo METAL Scrap & Cargo PIPES. Wreck lies in 18 metres. Clarke: GPS; 50 40.41N; 01 44.80W. Refs. LARN & Lloyds List: 08/09/1924.

EVANGELIST

Fishing Ketch – Captain W. Turner. Cargo, Fish. (LARN, VLI) – Durleston Head. BOT: Wk Rtn Appx. C Table 1 p149.

ETHEL

Weymouth Fishing Yawl – Sank following a collision with a Pinnace from HMS ASSISTANCE – Weymouth Harbour Mouth. (LARN “this wreck has recently been located and position record 9/1993”) Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1911 Appx. C Table 1 p103.

ESSAY

Fishing Smack – Captain M. Moore. (LARN) – Portland Mere. Wreck sold by auction for £60 on 07/03/1879. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1877-83 p103.

EMMA & JOHN

Weymouth Fishing Vessel – (LARN, VLI) – Lyme Bay. Farr: p23/24 “This was the final launch of the lifeboat SUSAN ASHLEY which was damaged. The crew of EMMA & JOHN managed to reach shore. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1914 Pt. II(2) p15.