Built in 1940 as a French submarine chaser. (Very interesting story. More Swanage than Portland/Weymouth! (Clarke: GPS; 50 34.96N; 01 56.16W) & (LARN) See note, there is confusion with the CHASSEUR 5 details can be found in Farr: p100. HMS Carentan – 1943 LARN (Spelt CARANTAN) Built in 1940 as a French submarine chaser, she … Read Article
Norwegian Tanker – (Clarke: GPS; 50 21.38N; 03 24.47W) Bombed by German Aircraft. 28 of the crew were killed. LARN South Devon 1941. Refs. LCWLR: WW2, p219; Devon Shipwrecks: 1974 p249; Dive South Cornwall: p97 & Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: 1990 Ed. p108.
Steam Driven Oil Tanker [18M] – Cargo, Diesel & Heating Oil. Dive Dorset: 184 p142 & Clarke: GPS; 50 35.40N; 02 18.37W & (More detail in LARN) – Hit mine and sank on the Lulworth Banks. (LePard: p32). Legg: p54 & Farr: p57. REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. W.P.BOOTH, CHIEF OFFICER OF THE … Read Article
Norwegian Steamship [55M] (Clarke: GPS; 50 22.00N; 02 59.01W) Torpedoed and sunk by German Gunboats. NIL. Owner: Dampsk-A/S Bokn. Manager: Erik Bakkevik, Haugesund Tonnage: 698(?) gt, 900 tdwt. Call Sign: LCRE. Pre war history: Delivered from Bergens mek. Verksted in March-1890 as Urda (73) to M. J. Schjelderup, Bergen. Tonnage at the time is given … Read Article
HMS Boadicea was a WW2 destroyer which had a very active career. She was completed & commissioned on the 2nd June, 1931 and immediately sent to the Mediterranean where she was involved in the evacuation of British Nationals at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Boadicea was not involved at Dunkirk because she was … Read Article
Motor Torpedo Boat /E-Boat – (LARN, VLI.) – Lost at Bincleaves, Portland Harbour. Check cited ref. SRN: Vol. 1 p80.
HMS Blackwood. A 1,150 ton ‘DE’ Captain Class Frigate [60M] – Captain Commander (RN) Sly. (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed 5 p31 Wk. No.36) & (Detail in LARN) – Torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U-764 with the loss of 5 officers and 53 ratings. 4 officers including the Captain were saved. (Clarke: … Read Article
The bow section of the Black Hawk was towed into Worbarrow bay and beached after the stern section broke off and sank off Portland Bill. Many years later the bow was dispersed with explosives to make way for the Winfrith nuclear power station pipework. (Stern) – Armed American Steamship lying in 50metres – Captain … Read Article
Belgian Steamship [27M] – (Dive Dorset:161 – 50 32.11N; 02 20.01W) & (Good detail in LARN) – Hit mine having been instructed by radio to enter Weymouth Bay (which was a contraband port for examination). 14 officers and 28 crew were rescued. Having caught fire she sank on the Shambles, Portland Bill the following day. … Read Article
[WW2] – (Article, Andy Smith, Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland, Ed. 4, p23). NIL.