ST DUNSTAN

Lost 23 September 1917
Approx. depth 27 metres
Position 50 38.27N 02 41.98W View on map

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.