Vessel Type: Steamship

ALETTA

Steamship – Captain R. Hughes.  Cargo GLASS BOTTLES, Tobacco Leaf.  (LARN) – Sank after collision with S.S. IBEX of Milford Haven. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1917 Pt. II(3) p36 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18  No. 524(A)

ALBERT C FIELD

Steamship [38M] – Cargo AMMUNITION.  Detail in Dive Dorset: 288 p201 & Clarke: GPS;  50 28.25N; 01 45.34W. 11 miles SSE of Anvil point. Attacked by Aerial Torpedoes while supporting the Normandy Landings.  Ship detail in LARN. Refs.  LCWLR: WW2, p757 & Lloyd’s Register: 1945-6 (A)

AILSA CRAIG

Binnacle light from Ailsa Craig   Armed British Steamship [33M] – Captain R. Milliken. Cargo Coal. (Details in Dive Dorset: 40 p50) & (Clarke:  GPS; 50 33.66N; 02 47.54W)  Details also in LARN.  Sunk (Torpedoed) by German submarine UB-80, off Portland Bill.  Sold to Mr E. Nicklin.  LCWLR: WW1, p211.

AVANTI

Steamship – Captain T. Davies.  Cargo IRON Ore.  (Detail in LARN) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-59, 4 miles SE by E St Alban’s Head.  See also AVANTI. Refs. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p79; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p146; LCWLR: WW1, p199; PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2963 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. … Read Article