HMS RECOIL. German Trawler [48 to 52M] – (Dive Dorset: 54 p55, GPS – 50 26.37N; 02 44.02 (11)W) This ship was requisitioned for Naval service by the British. Hit mine and sank 12 miles WSW of Portland Bill. SRN: Vol. 2 p217. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW2, p7. [Ex – Blackenburg. Built as … Read Article
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.
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.
French Fishing Smack – (LARN) – Chesil Beach, near Langton. Came ashore with no one onboard… It assumed they were taken off by another vessel? Check Ref. DCC: 05/03/1868.
Fishing Trawler – (LARN, VLI.) – 11 miles SE of Portland Bill. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1926 p5(b).
Fishing Vessel – LARN, VLI. – Swash Channel. Ref. Lloyds List: 01/02/1989.
Western Daily Press – Thursday 26 April 1984 Fishing Vessel – Sank while lifting a heavy object – 3.75 miles NE Handfast Point. Refs. Lloyds List: 27/04/1984.
Trawler [60M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 14.34N; 03 09.23W) NIL.
MARIE THERESA [?] -Trawler [56M]- (Clarke: p80: GPS; 50 21.31N; 02 37.31W) Bell was recovered but vessel remains a mystery. VLI NIL.
Trawler [36M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 28.10N; 03 16.72W). VLI NIL.