BROWN MOUSE, hired yacht, Q-ship trawler (BM.276), also known as SPINOZA. Built 1908, 43grt/75TM. Armament: not listed. In service from 23.12.16. Caught fire 28.2.18, total loss, Built at Galmpton in 1908 for E. Pearson of Brixham. Warship – (LARN) – RN Special Service Ship, caught fire and exploded in Lyme Bay. Refs. British Vessels Lost … Read Article
Steam Driven Collier [50M] – (Detail in Dive Dorset: 36 p47 & Clarke: GPS; 50 43.12N; 02 48.87W. (Good details also in LARN) – Scuttled by German Submarine UC-61, 9 miles SW Portland Bill. Cargo COAL. Usual story except here the Captain G. Wright attempted an escape. His vessel was hit 12 times killing two … Read Article
Steam Cargo Vessel – Detail in Dive Dorset: 130 p106: GPS; 50 20.35N; 02 26.58W – Scuttled by German Submarine UC-75. NIL.
Schooner Rigged Steamship [29M] – Captain T. Ellis. Cargo COAL, 1888 tons. In collision with French Steamer RENEE MARTHE (Clarke: Bow GPS; 50 29.479N; 03 22.691W, Stern GPS; 50 29.503N; 03 22.688W) Stern Gun still in place. Popular Dive Site. LARN South Devon 1918. Refs. Lloyd’s Register: WW1 No. 1203(B); Dive South Cornwall: p51; Devon … Read Article
Steamship [52M] (Clarke: GPS; 50 26.15M; 03 03.51W) Sunk by the Germans, how, is not known. NIL.
Steamship [27M] Cause of sinking unknown. (Clarke: GPS; 50 35.44N; 01 41.64W) Cargo COAL. NIL.
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 Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p164; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p82; PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2964 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 895(B).
Steamship Captain J. Small. Cargo, Fodder for cattle & Vegetables and potatoes for the troops. Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. All the crew took to their own boats. [28M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 32.186N; 03 14.186W) Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; LCWLR: WW1, p221; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p91; British Merchant … Read Article
Steamship [44M] Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 22.73N; 3 25.32W) nearer Devon? Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. The ship’s purser and seven lascars were killed. Wreck is owned by a syndicate of divers, headed by a Ken Breeze. See LARN North Devon 1917 Refs. PRO: Kew. Adm. 137/2963; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No. 828(B); … Read Article
HMS BITTERN (C Class Torpedo/Gun Boat, Not yet found, see Dive Dorset: 71 p64) (LARN has details but the location information may be incorrect). Clarke: (More recent) GPS: 50 18.13N; 02 59.W [60M] Sank quickly after collision with the S. S. KENILWORTH in dense fog.