Steam Driven Oil Tanker [18M] – Cargo, Diesel & Heating Oil. Dive Dorset: 184 p142 & Clarke: GPS; 50 35.40N; 02 18.37W & (More detail in LARN) – Hit mine and sank on the Lulworth Banks. (LePard: p32). Legg: p54 & Farr: p57. REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. W.P.BOOTH, CHIEF OFFICER OF THE … Read Article
Steam Cargo Vessel – Detail in Dive Dorset: 130 p106: GPS; 50 20.35N; 02 26.58W – Scuttled by German Submarine UC-75. NIL.
Steamship [56M] – General Cargo. (LARN) Sank following a collision with S.S. BELLCAIRN. Captain R. R. Ferrier. 12 miles S of Portland Bill. Also Clarke: GPS; 50 20.31N; 02 26.71W. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn 1884 Appx. C Table 1 p137 & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 16(B)(Supp). See Times A collision between two steamships, happily unattended … Read Article
Times: Monday, January 31, 1887, Issue 31983 – On Saturday a telegram was received from Guernsey announcing the total wreck of the Brighton of Weymouth, steamer, one of the boats belonging to the Weymouth and Channel Islands Steam Packet Company. The steamer left Weymouth at midnight on Friday, under the command of Captain Painter, with … Read Article
Schooner Rigged Steamship [29M] – Captain T. Ellis. Cargo COAL, 1888 tons. In collision with French Steamer RENEE MARTHE (Clarke: Bow GPS; 50 29.479N; 03 22.691W, Stern GPS; 50 29.503N; 03 22.688W) Stern Gun still in place. Popular Dive Site. LARN South Devon 1918. Refs. Lloyd’s Register: WW1 No. 1203(B); Dive South Cornwall: p51; Devon … Read Article
Times: Monday, September 30, 1872, Issue 27495 – Brenda, screw steamer, Coveney master, disabled at the Shambles was rescued by the Weymouth & Channel Islands steamship Cygnus. MI. Ship Incident See also Issue 27503 re-salvage.
Steamship [33M] Swamped in gale force winds – (Clarke: GPS; 50 33.38N; 01 45.34W) NIL.
Paddle Steamer – Detail in Dive Dorset: 120 p100: GPS; 50 31.00N; 02 27.58W. (Southern Times: 03/09/1886) & (LARN) – West side of Pulpit Rock. Note: Name-board and dinner plates in Portland Museum. Report in DCC: 02/09/1886. (LePard: p83). Portland Museum Wreck No. 7. See Times Reports Report transcribed from DCC by K. V. Saunders; … Read Article
Steamship [52M] (Clarke: GPS; 50 26.15M; 03 03.51W) Sunk by the Germans, how, is not known. NIL.
Steamship [27M] Cause of sinking unknown. (Clarke: GPS; 50 35.44N; 01 41.64W) Cargo COAL. NIL.