Steamship [40M] Captain L. Hutchinson. Cargo STEEL & Oats. (Clarke: GPS: 50 26.40N; 01 48.15W) Torpedoed by German Submarine U-26 – Anvil Point. (Good detail in LARN) Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p157; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p59; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1 p235; Lloyd’s Register: 1918-19 No. 373(F) & PRO: Kew Adm. … Read Article
Steamship [60M] – Captain J. Lundgren. (Clarke: 50 13.28N, 02 12.16W) & (LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine, UB-26, 40 miles off Portland. Cargo COAL (& Coke). Identified by bell. Refs. Lloyd’s Register: 1910-1 No. 245(F); Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p82 & LCWLR: WW1, p71.
Steamship – Captain J. Sewell. Cargo STEEL (Manufactured). (LARN) Collided with Italian Barque FRATELLI GAGNINO. Crew saved by EMPRESS OF WEYMOUTH. 9 miles SE by S Durleston Head. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn 1883 Appx. I-IV p130(572) & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 2(F).
Dutch Coaster. [48M] Cargo China Clay. Good detail in Dive Dorset: 191 p144, & Clarke: has a small photograph: GPS; 50 22.89N; 02 13.61W – Sank following a collision with M.V. FAVORIET. (More detail in LARN) – 17 miles SE of Portland Bill. Ref. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1961(b) p6. Evertsen Dived July 2009. The hull … Read Article
Steamship [40M] (Clarke: GPS; 50 29.30N; 01 47.10W) Torpedoed by German Submarine and was one of the last vessels sunk off the Dorset coast in WW2 – 14 miles from Poole Harbour. Ref. LCWLR: WW2, p791.& Lloyd’s Register: 1940-1 No. 74168(E)
British Steamship [35M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 158, p118 & Clarke: GPS; 50 28.37N; 02 20.87W). (LARN) – Torpedoed and sank by German Submarine UB-104, 4.5 miles SE Portland Bill. Refs. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p32; LCWLR: WW1, p234 & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p97.
Steamer, disabled only. DCC: 04/12/1887 “A Disabled Steamer – On Sunday morning at daylight a large steamer was observed anchored in the West Bay about two miles from Wyke, showing signals of distress. Information reached Messrs Cosens and Co. about eight o’clock, when the QUEEN was immediately despatched, and soon after was followed by the … Read Article
I found this wreck in 1995 and for many years we thought it was the Apache, the bell had no name on it and the only clue was the deck machinery built by Alley and Maclellan which in pre internet days led us to various books and the Apache as her deck gear was by … Read Article
Locally known as the ‘Spaniard’ – Spanish Steamship – (Dive Dorset: 146), (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5, p16-17 No. 3) – 50 34.86N; 02 24.85W. (More details in LARN). Times: Saturday, December 29, 1900, Issue 36338 – Portland, Dec. – “Steamer Encuri, Rotterdam for Bilbao sheltering in Portland Roads, drove on breakwater this … Read Article
Steamship – Cargo COAL, 1,020 tons (Good detail in LARN, indicating that there are some doubts as to this identity) – 10 miles W of Anvil Point, Cargo Coal. Wreck thought to be this ship is possibly the VENEZUELA. The ship was bombed by German Aircraft 15 miles W of St Catherine’s Point where she … Read Article