DEVONIA [31/01/1884] – Steamer DEVONIA in collision with DARLINGTON. Report in the DCCs: 07/02/1884 & 14/02/1884. NIL. Report in the DCC:07/02/1884 & DCC:14/02/1884. “Collision Between Two Steamers – On Thursday morning a report was spread two steamers had been in collision off the Breakwater, and that one of them was in danger of foundering. The … Read Article
Steamship [42M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 27.27N; 02 00.20W) – Sank after collision with HMS CENTURION. NIL.
Steamer, Collision Only. See the DEVONIA.
Steamship – Captain A. Nilsen. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-16 off Portland. Ref. LCWLR: WW1 p71 & Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p79
REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH CAPTATN NORMAN SHALTON CAPTAIN OF THE S.S. DALLAS CITY We were bound from Southend to Australia via Curacoa with a cargo of 7400 tons of Sulphur of Ammonia in bags. Our hull was black, and superstructure and funnel were buff. We were in convoy and were flying the ens1gn at … Read Article
S.S. DAGMAR REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF OFFICER MR. WINSLOW We were bound from Dartmouth to Poole with a cargo of 1,115 tons 0f coal. We were armed with 3 Lewis guns, 2 Hotchkiss 2 P.A.C rockets and a kite. The confidential books went down with the ship. The number of crew, including … Read Article
Sonar image of the Cragside in Portland harbour TWO WRECKS AT PORTLAND. Two vessels anchored in Portland Roads – the ketch Phoenix, bound from Medina to Penzance with cement, and the steamer Cragside, owned by Messrs. and Co., coal exporters, Swansea – broke from their moorings during a gale on Thursday night and drifted on … Read Article
The Countess of Erne – Portland Harbour COLIN FOX “My diving career began in the relative calm of Portland Harbour where we were to dive on the wreck of an old coal hulk, known to all as the HIMALAYA, an ex-troopship in use during the Crimean War and sunk during a bombing raid in the … Read Article
Armed Steamship Conch – 1916 When you read this report from Larn, 1916 note that this is an armed steamship with a cargo of Benzine, from Rangoon on its way to the River Thames. The Captain is recorded as T. G. Scott. “Carrying a cargo of 7000 tons she was torpedoed at 10.30 p.m., without warning … Read Article
Armed Steamship – Captain R. C. Jones. Cargo COAL. (LARN) Hengistbury Head [18M]. (Clarke: GPS; 50 39.65N; 01 46.72W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-57 whilst on her maiden voyage. Seven crew killed, the rest were picked up by a warship and landed at Poole. Refs. Dor. Mag: Special Edition p11; Diver. June 1979 p24. & … Read Article