Deeper Dorset is a captivating online platform that delves into the rich maritime history of Dorset, England. The website is passionately run by Grahame Knott, a former Dive charter skipper with four decades of experience exploring shipwrecks in the English Channel. Grahame’s knowledge of the subject matter is showcased through the meticulously researched articles, vivid imagery, and enthralling stories of lost vessels that are chronicled on the website. Whether you are a seasoned maritime enthusiast or a curious newcomer to the world of underwater exploration, Deeper Dorset is a fascinating resource that offers a window into the captivating world of shipwrecks and aircraft lost at sea..
The sole reason I started diving was for the adventure and I soon realised the adventure didn’t have to stop back on dry land as I became more and more fascinated by Dorset’s rich maritime history. Grahame Knott
Latest Database Updates
5th August 2026
SEVEN LOST ON TEST FLIGHT EXPLOSION OVER CHANNEL BRISTOL TECHNICIANS A Bristol Freighter aircraft was reported to have been destroyed yesterday when an explosion occurred as it flew over
12th November 2025
Frigate on lease lend from the US, she was involved in the D Day landings and was subsequently attacked and sunk by U-764 with the loss of 58 lives.
12th November 2025
REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH CAPTATN NORMAN SHALTON CAPTAIN OF THE S.S. DALLAS CITY We were bound from Southend to Australia via Curacoa with a cargo of 7400 tons of
4th May 2024
IOANNIS FAFALIOS, (Formerly S.S. BITINIA, once sunk by a British Submarine) 3,122 ton Greek Steamship – (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5 p33 ) & (LARN) – Sank after
7th March 2024
Belgium Steamship [46M] – Captain G. Nicaise. Dive Dorset: 69 p63: GPS; 50 27.25N; 02 38.17W. (Also LARN) – Sunk by German Submarine UB-80 (Torpedoed), sunk 9 miles SW Portland
1st March 2024
Armed Steamship [55M] – Cargo COAL. (Detail in LARN) – Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U-55, 9 miles SE by S of Beer Head. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p203; British
17th February 2024
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
1st February 2024
Sailing Motor Vessel – Collided with M V ZANZIBAR. Bell recovered around turn of the century, laying upright in fifty eight metres and reasonably intact with damage along the Portside
25th January 2024
Large Sailing Ship – Captain R. Nicholson. General Cargo. 15 miles S by W Anvil Point, Swanage. LARN sank following a collision with the CITY OF LUCKNOW of Glasgow. Refs.