PORTLAND SHIPWRECKS
Please click on the name of a ship to see pictures of that shipwreck
MORE PICTURES AND DETAILS OF PORTLAND SHIPWRECKS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
BOURNEMOUTH
THE SS BOURNEMOUTH WRECKED ON ROCKS NEAR PORTLAND BILL 1886. ALL 160 PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED. SHE BECAME A TOTAL LOSS. A DETAILED REPORT ON THIS ACCIDENT CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE.
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BULOW
GERMAN LINER BULOW ASHORE AT MUTTON COVE PORTLAND 1943.
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COUNTY OF ANGLESEY
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DEVORAN
SCHOONER DEVORAN. SUNK BY COLLISION WITH A TORPEDO DESTROYER IN PORTLAND ROADS. SHE WAS DEMOLISHED WITH EXPLOSIVES IN 1904.
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SUNKEN SCHOONER DEVORAN. SAILORS PREPARING TO DESTROY BY EXPLOSIVES.
DINNINGTON
A DETAILED HISTORY OF THIS SHIP AND ITS MISHAPS CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE. ALTHOUGH FLOATED OFF THE BREAKWATER IN 1901 IT WAS EVENTUALLY WRECKED OFF THE ORKNEY ISLES ON 21st FEBRUARY 1906.
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DOROTHEA
WRECK ON CHESIL BEACH (DOROTHEA) FEBRUARY 14TH 1914. DUTCH STEAMSHIP GT2035 . MARBELLA TO ROTTERDAM. CARGO IRON ORE. DROVE ONTO CHESIL BEACH IN GALE THROUGH BREAKDOWN OF ENGINE
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ELLIDA
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SALVAGE TUG ELLIDA ASHORE ON CHESIL BEACH 1920
GERTRUDE
SS GERTRUDE (HARTLEPOOL) ON THE ROCKS AT CLAY HOPE NEAR BLACKNOR POINT AUGUST 26TH 1904
HOOD
HMS HOOD SCUTTLED TO PROTECT PORTLAND HARBOUR IN 1914
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JAMES FENNELL
JAMES FENNELL SS. STEAM TRAWLER BUILT 1918 BY FULLERTON & CO, PAISLEY. BUILT AS STRATH CLASS AUXILLIARY PATROL VESSEL. 215 TONS, 123X22FT. ARMED. TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE. ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER GUN.
DURING THICK FOG ON THE 16TH JANUARY 1920, SHE DROVE STRAIGHT ONTO THE ROCKS, NORTH OF BLACKNOR POINT, PORTLAND. ALL CREW WERE RESCUED BY MEANS OF A LONG ROPE STRUNG FROM THE STEM OF THE SHIP TO A LARGE ROCK BY LOCAL FISHERMEN.
A FEW DAYS LATER, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO TOW HER OFF THE ROCKS BUT SHE SANK IMMEDIATELY.
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CREW OF HMS JAMES FENNELL.
M2
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SUBMARINE M2. LOST OFF OF PORTLAND WITH ALL LIVES JANUARY 26TH 1932
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MARKING SITE OF SUBMARINE M2
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MARKING SITE OF M2 SUBMARINE WRECK
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ITEMS RETRIEVED FROM WRECK OF HM SUBMARINE M2
MADELEINE TRISTRAN
MADELAINE (MAGDALENE) TRISTAN BEACHED AT CHESIL COVE SEPTEMBER 1930 FRENCH SCHOONER OF LORIENT. GT 213. TREGUIER TO LE HAVRE. CARGO GRAIN. WHEN THE CAPTAIN DROVE ASHORE IN CHESIL COVE ON SEPT. 20TH 1930. HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE NORTH COAST OF FRANCE. THE WRECK WHICH WAS SOLD FOR £1. LAY RIGHT ACROSS THE PORTLAND SEWER OUTFALL WHICH WAS SMASHED. ONLY THE THREE MASTS WERE SAVED. ALL THE CREW WERE SAVED.
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MINERVA
FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE (MINERVA) ASHORE AT PORTLAND IN 1945 WHEN IT BROKE ITS TOW LINE
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MYRTLEDENE
MYRTLEDENE RAN ASHORE ON MARCH 25TH 1912 THIS SHIP WAS OFFERED FOR SALE WITH ITS CARGO OF IRON ORE FOR £100, BUT NEVER SOLD.
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OKAHANDJA
SS OKAHANDJA WENT ASHORE AT WESTCLIFF JUNE 1910
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PATRIA
WRECK OF PATRIA 1903. A NORWEGIAN BARQUE (GRIMSTAD) GT 607. ON VOYAGE FROM FREDERIKSTAD TO PORT NATAL. CARGO WAS TIMBER. THE ROCKET LINE ENABLED RESCUE OF CREW BUT THE 2ND MATE HAD A LEG AMPUTATED AND THE COOK WENT MAD AND HAD TO BE CONSTRAINED.
THERE IS CONFUSION IN THE ARCHIVE WHETHER SOME OF THESE PICTURES COULD BE EITHER THE “PATRIA” OR THE “ANN MARIA”
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PATROCLUS
PATROCLUS CAME ASHORE AT BORROWHILL PORTLAND 19 SEPTEMBER 1907
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SALVAGING THE SS PATROCLUS SEPTEMBER 20TH 1907, ELEVEN PUMPS AT WORK TO REFLOAT HER
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SS PATROCLUS SALVAGE OPERATION 1907. C E HEINKE AND COs DIVING APPARATUS WAS USED IN THE SUCCESSFUL SALVAGE OPERATIONS.
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PREVEZA
SS PREVEZA RAN ASHORE ON CHESIL BEACH 15TH JAN 1920. AN ACCOUNT OF THIS WRECK CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE.
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SS PREVEZA AND SALVAGE TUG ASHORE AT CHESIL COVE JAN 15TH 1920
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RELIANCE
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL DRAMATIC STORY BEHIND THIS ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 4TH JUNE 1949
SANDAL
S.S. SANDAL ON FIRE PORTLAND HARBOUR 1907.
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TURENNE
STEAM TRAWLER B2 "TURENNE". RAN ASHORE IN FOG AT CLAY HOPE 12th DECEMBER 1913
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UNIDENTIFIED WRECK
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