ST DUNSTAN

Converted Bucket Dredger/Minesweeper [27M] – Details in LARN – Probably sunk by a German Submarine UC-21 which had been laying mines. Also Dive Dorset: 62 p58: GPS; 50 38.27N; 02 41.98W. Two crew were drowned the rest taken into Weymouth. It sank 12 miles NW Portland Bill. Refs. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p67; LCWLR: WW1, p173: British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p67 & PRO: Kew. Adm. 137/2963.


Day of Loss: 23

Month of Loss: 9

Year of Loss: 1917


Longitude: 50 38.27

Latitude: 02 41.98


Approximate Depth: 27