Deeper Dorset

QUAIL III

Armed Trawler – (LARN) – Lost Portland Bill following a collision. Check also SRN: Vol. 2 p290; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No. 6(Q) & ADM.APV. 1919.

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Fishing Vessel – (LARN) – Cargo, Fish. Scuttled and sunk by German Submarine, 24 miles off Portland. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p112 & LCWLR WW1, p73.

Requisitioned Liner [37M] – Captain A. Maxwell. General Cargo. (Dive Dorset: 64, p59 – 50 33.57N; 02 41.33W with an excellent write up) & (LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UB-77. Two of the Royal Doulton smelting crucibles can be seen in the Portland Museum. The sole survivor was the second engineer who had … Read Article

POLKERRIS

French Steamship – [116FT] Cargo COAL. Probably torpedoed by a German Submarine. (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed 5 p33 No. 80) & (LARN) – 10 miles SE Portland Bill. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p204. Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 733(P)

PERRON

Steamship Cable Layer [29M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.281N; 03 22.852W) Torpedoed by a German Submarine, UC-65, Kapitanleutnant Viebeg. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; LCWLR: WW1, p168 7 Dive South Cornwall: p51-2.

PERRITON

Sailing Vessel [48M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.18N; 03 01.41W) Sunk by gunfire from an unidentified German Submarine. Captain O. G. Rudge. Cargo FLINTS. The submarine did rescue the crew which they transferred to the trawler ONYX of Brixham where they were landed. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; LCWLR: WW1 p198; Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. … Read Article

ORNE

French Steamship – Captain John Pierre. Cargo COAL. (LARN) Attacked and sunk. Probably off Portland? Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p190; Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p21 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 36(O).

OHIO

Swedish Steamship – (LARN, VLI) – Sunk off St Alban’s Head after a collision with S.S. LADY PLYMOUTH. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1918 Pt. II(2) p39.

NYASALAND

Norwegian Steamship [55M] – Captain H. Andersen. Cargo COAL. (See Clarke: GPS 50 23.53N; 02 53.74W) This ship was attacked by gunfire from German Submarine UB-33, more details from Lyme Bay Deep Divers. See also BORGA. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; LCWLR: WW1, p210: Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p94 & MOD(N) … Read Article

NORTHVILLE

Norwegian Steam Collier [42M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.45N; 03 24.63W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-33, Oberleutnant F. Gregor. All the crew were saved by the Tug DENCODE and landed at Brixham. Bell recovered 1992. Coal salvaged by barge GENMAR in 1986. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p59; … Read Article