Deeper Dorset

SPHENE

Steamship coaster [68M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 06.897N; 01 38.730W) Scuttled by German Submarine U-18, Commander Oberleutnant Nelmeyer. NIL Bell as recovered

Brigantine – Captain H. F. Hines. Crew abandoned the vessel after being hit 3 times by gunfire from a German Submarine, 9 miles S by E, Beer Head. Vessel was sunk by scuttling charges. Survivors were picked up and landed at Brixham. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p206; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p84; Lloyd’s Register: … Read Article

SEVILLA

Spanish Freighter Captain F. Tommerek. General Cargo. Identity confirmed by bell. [44M] – (Clarke: 50 24.32N; 03 22.93W) Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; MoD(N) Hyd. Wk. No. 013302978; Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p99; LCWLR: WW1, p213 & Dive South Cornwall: p72-3.

SAINT MICHAEL

French Ketch – Cargo, Vegetabls. (LARN) – 1 mile E Lyme Regis. Report states that the Weymouth Catholic Priest, Canon Julas Ketele acted as interpreter! Source Unknown.

ROTORUA 1

Liner [55M] – General Cargo. (Clarke: 50 18.47N; 02 59.73W) Torpedoed by German Submarine. Luckily all her passengers had been landed at Plymouth on 21/03/1917. The only life lost was the steward who fell overboard. Two patrol vessels picked up the crew and landed them at Weymouth. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. … Read Article

ROTA

Steamship [50M] – Cargo IRON (Ore). (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.98N; 03 18.92W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40, Oberleutnant Howaldt. The vessel sank quickly, killing the captain and four crew. The survivors were picked up by a patrol vessel which towed their small boats into Torquay. This same submarine had just sank the SALSETTE. Refs. LARN … Read Article

ROSE MYSTERIEUSE

French Ketch – Poole Quay. Salvaged. Ref. BOT: Wk Rtn. 1916 Pt. II(1) p52.

ROMSDALEN

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 PATENT FUEL (Coal Blocks), 3500 tons. (Clarke: 50 18.30N, 02 44.42W) Refs. British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats in WW1, p117; LCWLR: WW1, p94; British … Read Article

HMS REMINDO

HMS REMINDO. Admiralty Trawler [50M] – (Dive Dorset: 55 – 50 26.17N; 02 43.64W) 3 Officers & 16 Naval Ratings lost off Portland Bill. (Clarke: GPS; 50 26.16N; 02 43.74W) Reason for sinking not known. Ref. SRN: Vol. 2 P297. & ADM.APV. 1919 p9e.

RADAAS

Danish Steamship [30M] – Captain J. A. Olsen. Cargo COAL. (LARN) – Sunk by a German Submarine, 10.5 miles SW of Lyme Regis. (Clarke: GPS; 50 34.25N; 03 04.91W) Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p63.