Times: Wednesday, December 13, 1911, Issue 39767 – “The Austrian steamer Grof Tisza Istvan, was in collision with the steamer Condor at Portland, Dorset and was beached in Portland Harbour holed amidships and with the engine room and stokehold full of water. The Gróf Tisza Istvan is owned by the Hungarian Levant Steamship Company, and … Read Article
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
Steamship – Captain J. H. F. Clement. Cargo IRON (Ore). [40] (Clarke: p50: GPS; 50 22.66N; 03 13.87W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-40, Oberleutnant Howaldt. Seven men were picked up four hours after the sinking by the Norwegian S. S. BOB. The Captain, a passenger and 17 crew were lost. Bell recovered. Refs. LARN South … Read Article
Times: Thursday, January 20, 1881, Issue 30096 – “The August, German barque from Dobey for Dundee, drove ashore at Portland in a gale on Tuesday. Got into Weymouth Harbour but on entering she ran into the Great Western steamer, smashing the lifeboat, rail etc.” Ship Incident
The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built on the River Thames, England. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling. Her length of 692 … Read Article
Norwegian Steamship [43M] – Captain H. Lassen. Cargo COAL. (Dive Dorset: 59, p58- 50 29.23N; 02 42.78W) (Clarke: 50 29.38N; 02 42.76W) (LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UB-80, 7.5 miles off Portland Bill. Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p85. Bell Recovered.
Steamship [52M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 41 p50 & Clarke: GPS; 50 25.72N; 02 47.38W. Scuttled by a German Submarine, 20 miles SW of Portland Bill. General Cargo, Cargo METAL (including 6 inch brass die discs). Also LARN, VLI & LCWLR: WW1, p126.
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.
Steamship [38M] – (Clarke: GPS 50 27.133N; 03 17.407W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-40. Two of the crew were killed. See also IREX. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2962; LCWLR: WW1 p165; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No. 543(G) & Dive South Cornwall: p99.
The steamship Girnigoe (Captain Scott), bound from Cherbourg to Poole with a cargo of stone, while in mid-channel on the night of the 27th inst., was struck by a heavy sea, with the result that the cargo shifted and an inrush of water extinguished the fires. The crew put off in the lifeboat, and at … Read Article