Armed Steamship [55M] – Cargo COAL. (Detail in LARN) – Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U-55, 9 miles SE by S of Beer Head. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p203; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p164; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p82; PRO: Kew Adm. 137/2964 & Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 895(B).
Steamship Captain J. Small. Cargo, Fodder for cattle & Vegetables and potatoes for the troops. Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. All the crew took to their own boats. [28M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 32.186N; 03 14.186W) Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; LCWLR: WW1, p221; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p91; British Merchant … 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
Steamship [44M] Cargo COAL. (Clarke: GPS; 50 22.73N; 3 25.32W) nearer Devon? Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. The ship’s purser and seven lascars were killed. Wreck is owned by a syndicate of divers, headed by a Ken Breeze. See LARN North Devon 1917 Refs. PRO: Kew. Adm. 137/2963; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No. 828(B); … 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
880 ton Coaster [24M] – (Clarke: GPS: 50 37.00N; 01 48.84W) Nearer Devon. NIL
Steamship – Note: Collided with the Bank Line Barque WILLOWBANK off Portland. Check DCC: 26/12/1895 & Weymouth Library Pamphlet L910.4, BE1
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
Steamship [38M], 5 miles SE of Anvil Point. (Detail in Clarke: GPS; 50 31.34N; 01 45.82W) Refs. British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p71 & British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p128; LCWLR: WW1, p180 & MOD(N) Hyd. Wk. No. 013501860.