Norwegian Steamship [40M] – Captain A. Olsen. Cargo COAL – Clarke: 50 28.28N, 01 49.59W & (LARN) – Thought to have Hit mine but may have been Torpedoed? Off St Alban’s Head. Refs. cited Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p101; Lloyd’s Register: 1917-18 No. 1832(S) & Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed … Read Article
Reynolds News November 28th 1937 Coaster [46M] – Detail in Dive Dorset: 108 p95: GPS; 50 26.80N; 02 32.50W. – SW of Portland Bill. Ex SHELLDRAKE & Ex GLENMOR. Bell recovered. NIL
Steam Collier – Cargo COAL. (LARN) Excellent detail in Dive Dorset: 182 p141 – 50 25.00N; 02 19.00W. The SPIRAL was scuttled by a boarding party from German Submarine UB-18. Refs. LCWLR WW1, p51; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p40 & British Vessels Lost at Sea:WW1 p21.
Steamship coaster [68M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 06.897N; 01 38.730W) Scuttled by German Submarine U-18, Commander Oberleutnant Nelmeyer. NIL Bell as recovered
Paddle Steamer SOUTH OF IRELAND – (LARN) Wagon Rock, Worbarrow Bay. Transcripts by K. V. Saunders from DCCs: 27/12/1883 & 10/01/1884. Also BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1883 Appx. Pts I-VI p114: Farr: p85; Lloyds List: 27/12/1883(R) & Lloyd’s Register: 1883-4 No. 801(S). See also Times DCC:27/12/1883; “Wreck of a Weymouth Steamer – The Great Western Railway … Read Article
Steamship – Captain J. Campbell. Cargo, Oil Gas. (Detail in LARN) – This wreck was salvaged for scrap by Turners of Weymouth. Within three months there were to be four wrecks in the area. GRAGSIDE, PHOENIX & FREEWILL. Also LePard pages 56 & 57. Southern Times: 23/12/1922. Weymouth Library Photograph L910.4.FR2, Neg. No. 72/8A. See … Read Article
Steamship [52M] (See Clarke: Wreck of the FLUENT.) GPS; 50 21.86N; 02 03.06W. Cargo RAILWAY Rolling stock and Cargo PATENT FUEL. Sank after collision with Norwegian barque NOR?. Ten passengers and crew were drowned. There is confusion here check information. NIL. 2537 tons British Steamship Cargo COAL (& Coke). This is referred to as the … Read Article
Fire broke out and she was towed into Portland Harbour. Damage was minor and she was soon back at sea. (LePard: p 75) NIL.
Steamship, Requisitioned P & O Liner [43M] – Captain A. B. Armitage. General Cargo. (Detail and photographs in Dive Dorset: 58 p56 to 58), (Divers guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed 5 p32 No. 51) – 50 29.66N; 02 43.02W. Article, Grahame Knott, Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland: Ed. 4, page 25. (Excellent detail also in … Read Article
Steamship [50M] – Cargo IRON (Ore). (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.98N; 03 18.92W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-40, Oberleutnant Howaldt. The vessel sank quickly, killing the captain and four crew. The survivors were picked up by a patrol vessel which towed their small boats into Torquay. This same submarine had just sank the SALSETTE. Refs. LARN … Read Article