Steamship, Admiralty Collier [46M] – (Comprehensive detail in Dive Dorset: 113 p97: GPS: 50 25.43N; 02 29.95W) – Bombed by German Aircraft, 13.5 miles SE of Portland Bill. Cargo COAL. Had picked up survivors from S.S. ROSTEN sunk the same day. Refs. LCWLR: WW2, p488-9 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW2, p64. E-Boat Raid
Wooden Steam Drifter acquisitioned by the Admiralty – (Dive Dorset: 185) – 50 33.18N; 02 17.80W. (LARN) – Sank near the Shambles Light vessel following a collision. Owner Frederick Offord. Refs. Beazley: 1918, p155. & SRN: Vol.2, p152.
Naval Transport – See ‘Christian’s Fleet by Edwina Boult, ISBN 0-7524-2783-0. Particularly p111 to p112 ) (Also LARN) – Chesil Beach, off Fleet. (Dor. Mag: 1975 No. 48) Captain Hodzard. Gentleman’s Magazine: 1795, p964. See Christian’s Fleet
HMS FOYLEBANK. Anti Aircraft Ship – (Excellent detail in Trim: 1940) Also LARN. The wreck was cut in two, one half towed away for breaking in March 1949 and the second was raised and broken up in 1952. See Jack Foreman Mantle VC, Wikipedia. This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Marie … Read Article
HMS FORMIDABLE. Battleship [60M] – (Excellent detail in Clarke: GPS; 50 13.12N; 02 03.59W.) Considerable detail in DCC. Torpedoed by German Submarine and sunk off Devon but survivors remembered mainly in Lyme Regis. See also Lyme Regis Philpott Museum. Refs. LARN South Devon 1915; Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: 1990 Ed.p248-9; Devon Shipwrecks: 1974 p90 … Read Article
HMS FISGARD II. Naval Training Ship [68M] – Dive Dorset: 116 p98 & Clarke: GPS; 50 28.23N; 02 29.44W. (Details also in LARN) 21 drowned. Originally the iron clad INVINCIBLE, then EREBUS (1904) and then FISGARD II (1906). Ref. DCC: 24/09/1914. Print – Illustrated London News Name: HMS Invincible Builder: Napier shipyards Laid down: 28 … Read Article
Admiralty Drifter hired by the Royal Navy in 1916. Lost in a gale. Crew of seven saved by Poole Lifeboat RNLB HARMAR. More information in SRN Vol. 1 p128 & Farr: P123 & listed on 134. Other ref. in LARN; ADM.APV 1916 p16.
HMS EMPRESS OF INDIA Battleship [48M] – (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5, p 32 No. 38) – 50 29.44N; 02 57.52W. (Details in LARN) – Lyme Bay. 14,300 tons, sunk “by accident” in November 1917 while being used by the Royal Navy as a target ship. She lies in the middle of Lyme … 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
EBENEZER [23/11/1824] – The 80-100 ton EBENEZER, carrying government stores from Plymouth to Portsmouth became quite famous. Whether intent or by luck the ship ended up at the top of the Chesil Beach, when, after repairs, it came time to re-launch her it proved easier to to manhandle down the shingle on the opposite side. … Read Article