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
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
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.
Armed Steamship [17M] – Captain A. Murrison. (Good Details in Clarke: GPS; 50 41.78N; 02 56.07W) & (Also in LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine U-77, 1.5 miles SW of Lyme Regis. Further information and eye witness reports in Lyme Regis Museum. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p207; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p204; … Read Article
Armed Steamship [42M] – Captain J. G. S. Doorley. (Detail in LARN) Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine UB-40. 6 miles S by W of Anvil Point. (Clarke: GPS; 50. 29.46N; 01 54.96W) A total of 26 Europeans and 30 native crew members were lost. One passenger, a Pilot, survived. 26 crew were picked up … Read Article
A ‘Q’ ship was a smallish warship disguised as a merchant ship which went hunting German Submarines. If you search these records you will note that many of the losses from the U-Boats (U-Boot or Unterseeboot) were not always from torpedoes, the submarine would often sink merchant ships by gunfire or the placing explosives on … Read Article
HMS AMAZON, 1,081 ton Naval Sloop [60M] – Collided with the 420 ton Steamship OSPRAY which sunk off Portland with the loss of 10 lives. The officer in charge of Sub. Lieut. Loveridge had ordered her helm put to starboard instead of port, and the vessels collided, the collier being cut in two and sinking … Read Article
British Armed Steamship [51M] – Captain H. N. Borroes. (Dive Dorset: 37 p48; GPS; 50 22.71N; 02 48.40W), (Clarke: GPS; 50 22.81N; 02 48.51W) & (LARN) – Torpedoed without warning by German Submarine UB-38, 15 miles WSW of Portland Bill. The ship sank very quickly, three crew were picked up by a patrol vessel. Deaths, … Read Article