The eastbound coastal convoy WP-183, escorted by the destroyer Brocklesby was in Lyme Bay between Dartmouth and Portland when the 2nd S-Flottille with 7 E-boats attacked shortly after midnight on July 9-1942. Rosten, on a voyage from Barry (departed Barry Dock on July 7) to Shoreham with coal was torpedoed, port side, by S-109 (Cmdr. … Read Article
Armed British Steamship – Captain Weatherall. [57M] – (Dive Dorset: 65 p61: GPS; 50 23.22N; 02 40.06W.) Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U-84, 10 miles SW Portland Bill. Cargo PATENT FUEL (Coal Blocks), 3500 tons. (Clarke: 50 18.30N, 02 44.42W) Refs. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats in WW1, p117; LCWLR: WW1, p94; British … Read Article
Times: Thursday, July 20, 1911, Issue 39642 – Details of the Great Western Railway Company’s mail steamer Roebuck, while proceeding from the Channel Islands to Weymouth, stuck the Corbiere Rock. Crew and 140 passengers saved, Roebuck seriously damaged. MI. Ship Incident of a Local Vessel
Dutch Steamship [53M] – (LARN) – Sunk be German E-Boat (2nd Flotilla?) Lyme Bay. (Clarke: p90: GPS; 50 21.56N; 02 57.56W) E-Boat Raid. Refs. LCWLR: WW2, p488 & Lloyd’s Register: 1940-1 No. 82087(R).
Danish Steamship [30M] – Captain J. A. Olsen. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Sunk by a German Submarine, 10.5 miles SW of Lyme Regis. (Clarke: GPS; 50 34.25N; 03 04.91W) Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p63.
DCC: 22/01/1920; Greek Steamer on the Chesil Beach – During Thursday night’s fog the Greek Steamer, the PREVEZA, 3,100 gross, bound from Nazarre to Rotterdam, went ashore on the beach in Chesil Cove. Tugs immediately went to her assistance, the sea being moderate, but up to Friday morning they had not succeeded in getting … Read Article
Times: Friday, January 14, 1887, Issue 31969 – The Pongola, steamer, from Natal for London, calling for a pilot, went ashore at 10 o’clock on Wednesday, during a thick for, off Greenhills, Weymouth, on a sandbank. Lloyd’s Agent went on board. An agreement was made with tugs to tow the vessel off for £500, which … Read Article
French Steamship – [116FT] Cargo COAL. Probably torpedoed by a German Submarine. (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed 5 p33 No. 80) & (LARN) – 10 miles SE Portland Bill. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p204. Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 733(P)
A 3900 ton steamer ran straight into the Portland Breakwater. She was towed off. (LePard: pages 50 & 51) NIL. Times: Monday, November 1, 1886, Issue 31905 – The steamship Persian Monarch, Captain Paton, from New York for London, with passengers and a general cargo, including 300 head of cattle, called off Portland on Friday … Read Article
Steamship Cable Layer [29M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.281N; 03 22.852W) Torpedoed by a German Submarine, UC-65, Kapitanleutnant Viebeg. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; LCWLR: WW1, p168 7 Dive South Cornwall: p51-2.