Deeper Dorset

Preserving local history

15th April 202419th April 2020 by Grahame Knott

This WW2 mine has been on Weymouth quay for many years acting as a collection box for the RNLI, sometime back it was removed for restoration which never happened. Mark (left) from Bennetts fish and chips, Kevin (centre) Landlord of the Boot Inn and myself representing Deeper Dorset tracked it down and funded its refurbishment. … Read Article

Deeper Dorset, maritime history, one and the same

15th April 202418th October 2017 by Grahame Knott

I received the following from Selwyn Williams, just goes to show you don’t always have to get wet to touch maritime history. In 1982 I bought the rights to the Chesil Beach wreck of the Piedmont that we had found. She was a ship hired as a troop transport by the Transport Board in 1795 … Read Article