MOIDART

MOIDART 1

Moidart on the slipway for repair after a previous accident

Armed Merchant Steamship [40M] – Captain H. Arthurson. Cargo COAL & Cargo STEEL (Bar). (Dive Dorset: 42 p50. – 50 34.02N; 02 47.22W) & (Clarke: 50 34.03N; 02 47.29W) (Considerable detail also in LARN) – Sunk (Torpedoed) by German Submarine UC-77, 7 miles SE of Lyme Regis. Rare 20 cwt gun was salvage many years ago. Refs. LCWLR: WW1, p221: British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p54; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p91 & PRO: Kew. Adm. 137/2964.

MOIDART 2

Bell recovered form the wreck circa 1990

MOIDART 3

Ships clock

MOIDART 4

Navigation light recovered and restored

MOIDART 5

The gun never made it to IWM it was destroyed after the realisation it was loaded


Day of Loss: 9

Month of Loss: 6

Year of Loss: 1918


Longitude: 50 34.02

Latitude: 02 47.22


Approximate Depth: 40