The late Alan Dunster with builders plate Coastal Steamship [58M] – (Dive Dorset: 53 p55: GPS; 50 22.60N; 02 44.40W) – Attacked and sunk by German Aircraft, 13 miles WSW of Portland Bill killing 23 crew. (LARN) – Cargo COAL. Only the captain and two crew survived. Refs. Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: Vol. 2, … Read Article
British Steamship TREVEAL of 5200 tons. – Captain C. Paynter and a crew of 43. Cargo Manganese Ore & Jute. Good detail in Dive Dorset: 208 p153; Clarke: GPS; 50 35.15N; 02 04.90W. & LARN. Comprehensive detail in Smith: pages 30-33. Salvaged by the GLENMORE. Times Whilst all wrecks are tragic, this was particularly so, … Read Article
Penzance, 3 Masted, 480 Ton Steamer bound for London. [10M] – Dive Dorset: 127 p104: GPS; 50 33.15N; 02 27 15W. (Also LARN) Captain T. Becherley. Cargo TIN Ingots (Salvaged) . Tar Rocks, Chesil Cove. The twelve man crew were saved. Farr: p44-45. & Lloyds Casualty Returns: 1891 p7. See Times
Steamship – Captain W. L. Chambers. Cargo@COAL, (LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine U-85. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p129. & British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p47.
Steamship – (Trim: 1882 p10) – Portland Breakwater. LARN, VLI.
Times: Saturday, April 17, 1886, Issue 31736 – A telegram from Portland states that the Sunrise, steamer from Cartagena, laden with mineral, 789 tons, with a crew of 13 men, owned by Messrs Wood of Hartlepool, and bound for Middlesborough, in entering Portland by the narrow entrance carried away her steering gear and struck on … Read Article
Times: Friday, October 29, 1886, Issue 31903 – “The Sumatra, steamer, from Java for Amsterdam, with a general cargo and passengers, went ashore during thick fog at 10 p.m. on Wednesday on Chesil Beach near Fleet Coastguard Station, Weymouth. The tugs Queen and Commodore, of Weymouth, successfully got her afloat yesterday morning, and are accompanying … Read Article
Swedish Steamship [14M] – Detail in Dive Dorset: 134 p108: GPS; 50 30.97N, 02 25.60W. – Quarter of a mile SE Cave Hole, Portland. Bell recovered with the name SUDIAN Refs. LARN; & MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. No. 013403333. Lots of confusion about this wreck but sure it is the SS Thira 253 tons which foundered … Read Article
Steamship – Poole Harbour. LARN, VLI. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1913 Appx. Pt. III Table 22 p37.
Liverpool Steam Vessel. She was dragged from her mooring in Portland Harbour by gale force winds. The northern breakwater was still under construction and she slid over it into deeper water. She ended up on Preston Beach and later, after six weeks, re-floated. (Picture in LePard: p23 & Attwooll: p54) NIL See Times & damage … Read Article