Ships - Bristol Channel between Worms Head to Watchet


 Below are the list of ships that had accidents in the Bristol Channel between Worms Head to Watchet

Name

 

Nationality

Type

Propulsion

Cause Lost

Year°

Year†

Weight

Length

Alice of Milford

 

British

Ketch (1 ½ mast)

 

 

 

1920

 

 

 

SV America

 

British

Barque – Bark

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1881

 

 

 

MFV Anna Louisa

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1881

 

 

 

MV Antwerpen

 

Dutch

Cargo Ship

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1986

 

 

 

SV Arturo

 

Norwegian

Schooner

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Air Raid

1927

1941

 

364

45

Atlantic Dolphin

 

British

 

 

 

 

1997

 

 

7

SS Ben Blanche

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1891

1933

 

255

40

SS Bengrove

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Torpedo

1910

1915

 

3840

105

SS Beninin

 

 

Cargo Ship

Steam

 

 

 

 

 

45

Beyecharelle

 

 

Yacht

 

 

 

1980

 

 

 

SS Blue Bell

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1892

1913

 

562

54

Bonita

 

 

Ketch (1 ½ mast)

 

 

 

1934

 

 

 

SV Camp Boulhaut

 

French

Schooner

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1917

1918

 

545

 

SS Carare

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Mine

1922

1940

10

6878

130

FV Carew Castle

 

British

Trawler

Steam

 

1912

1932

 

256

 

SS Carnsew

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1888

1903

 

340

43

SS Cato

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Mine

1914

1940

13

710

70

CATO was a British Steam Cargo Vessel built in 1914 and was on route from Dublin for Bristol with 400 tons of general cargo when she hit a mine and sank. 13 crew lost from a total crew 15. It is said that she was carrying a cargo of stout in barrels and that locals along the coast enjoyed many communal drinking sessions and the ship was nicknamed 'the Guinness Wreck'

SV Celestine

 

French

Schooner

Sailing Ship

 

1859

1888

 

132

 

Charles Martel

 

French

 

Sailing Ship

 

 

1917

 

39

 

SS Claymore

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1883

1892

 

1694

79

HMS Cleveland

 

British

Destroyer

Steam Turbine

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1940

1957

 

1000

85

Crusader

 

 

Small Fishing Boat

 

 

 

1969

 

 

 

Delfin

 

British

 

Sailing Ship

 

 

1813

 

 

 

SS Den of Seaton

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1901

1904

 

3892

107

MFV Dorothy E.

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Water Leakage (Flooding)

 

1985

 

 

 

SS Earl of Chester

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1883

1892

 

1449

75

SS Eldonpark

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Steam)

1924

1940

 

5184

124

SS Epidauro

 

Austro-Hungarian

Cargo

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1884

1913

 

2095

86

Etoile Polaire

 

 

 

Sailing Ship

 

1987

 

 

 

8

SS Fancy

 

Danish

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1870

1904

 

1384

76

PSS Frolic

 

British

Passenger Ship

Paddle-Steam

Foundered

1827

1831

76

99

34

FROLIC was a wooden paddle steamer (built Greenock) on passage Tenby to Bristol when lost near Nash Sands in a storm. The anchor chain was found suggesting that she had tried to anchor. There were no survivors.

SS G. A. Savage

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Torpedo

1900

1917

9

357

44

SS Gael

 

British

Salvage Ship

Steam

Submerged Object

1903

1946

 

108

 

SS George Lockett

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1870

1892

 

869

67

MFV Gilsea

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Capsized

 

1993

 

 

13

Gleneuse

 

French

 

Sailing Ship

 

 

1918

 

168

32

SS Grimsby

 

British

Ferry

Steam

Foundered

1857

1897

 

713

64

FV Harvester

 

 

Fishing Ship

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SS Havet

 

Norwegian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1908

1916

7

1405

73

SS HAVET

Built by Kieler Howaldtswerke, Kiel (#476); 1405 grt, 863 nrt, 2400 dwt.; 239.4 x 36.3 x 16.6; triple expansion engine (Howaldt), 102 nhp

On May 20th, 1916, the Norwegian cargo SS HAVET was on a voyage to Rouen with a cargo of coal, when she was lost after a collision with SS SALIENT, near the Breaksea Lighthouse, 2 miles southwest from Rhoose Point. 7 persons were lost.

SV Helvetia

 

Norwegian

Barque – Bark

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1858

1887

 

489

29

SS Hornet

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Water Leakage (Flooding)

1874

1884

17

618

58

On January 24th, 1884, the British cargo ship HORNET, built in 1874 by Blackwood & Gordon and owned at the time of her loss by Anchor Line Ltd., on voyage from Newport, Monmouth Shire to Marseille with a cargo of 622 tons of coal, sprang a leak.

The HORNET was making water fast and with her pumps chocked, she send a distress call and was replied to by the BOUSFIELD, near Lundy Island, Bristol Channel. The HORNET sank so fast that only one was saved by the BOUSFIELD. 17 people lost their lives.

SV Ideal

 

French

Schooner

Sail and Motor

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1912

1938

 

109

26

MV Inverdargle

 

British

Tanker

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Mine

1938

1940

44

9456

159

INVERDARGLE was a British Motor Tanker of 9456 tons and built in 1938 and owned by Weir & Co,Andrew. Inver Tankers Ltd. On the 16th Januray 1940 when on route from Trinidad and Halifax for Avonmouth with a cargo of 12554 tons of aviation spirit she hit a mine laid by U-33 and sank. All 44 crew were lost.

MFV Isobel

 

British

Ketch (1 ½ mast)

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1931

 

 

 

Jac Fisher

 

British

Lifeboat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Foundered

 

1989

 

 

10

SS James Grey

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Missing

1887

1883

23

1626

78

SS James McGee

 

Panamanian

Tanker

Steam

Mine

1917

1940

 

9552

152

SS Kendy

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Foundered

1919

1928

 

139

28

HMS L-52

 

British

Submarine

Diesel and Batteries

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1917

 

 

1150

70

Lamb

 

British

Passenger Ship

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1736

78

 

 

SV Lammershagen

 

German

Fully Rigged Ship

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1869

1882

 

913

59

SS Larchwood

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1910

1916

 

689

55

SS Leonard Pearce

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1938

1940

 

1571

75

HMT Longset

 

British

Trawler

Steam

Mine

1914

1917

7

275

40

MFV Luke John

 

British

Fishing Ship

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Water Leakage (Flooding)

 

1991

 

16

13

SS Lymington

 

British

Cargo Ship

Sail and Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1882

1889

9

203.8

34

SS Maclaren

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Mine

1915

1941

3

2330

92

SS Malleny

 

British

Fully Rigged Ship

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1868

1886

20

1053

62

SS Marianela

 

Spanish

Cargo Ship

Steam

Water Leakage (Flooding)

1919

1921

 

748

56

Merthyr

 

British

 

Steam

 

 

1913

 

 

 

FV Mikasa

 

British

Trawler

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1913

1915

 

255

 

SS Monte Moro

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1875

1876

 

1777

84

SV Morning Star

 

British

Schooner

Sailing Ship

Foundered

 

1923

 

117

 

FV Mouette

 

British

Fishing Ship

Steam

Mine

 

1941

2

3

 

SS Mumbles

 

British

Tug

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1917

1931

 

195

30

SS Nanset

 

Norwegian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1916

 

 

 

SV Olive Branch

 

British

Sloop

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1845

2

80

 

Orion

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1981

 

 

 

HMT Oswaldin

 

British

Minesweeper

Steam

Mine

1917

1940

12

261

37

Peggy

 

British

Yacht

 

 

 

1996

 

 

 

Pelican

 

British

Cargo Ship

 

 

 

1928

 

 

 

Pen-y-Mor

 

British

Yacht

 

 

 

1982

 

 

 

SS Porthcarrack

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1924

1940

4

406

43

SS Portugalete

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1877

1882

 

586

55

Primrose

 

British

 

Sailing Ship

 

 

1920

 

 

 

Primrose

 

 

Trawler

 

 

 

1929

 

 

 

SS Prince Charles de Belgigue

 

Belgian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1901

1918

 

1277

69

SS Princess Dagmar

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Torpedo

1907

1918

24

913

72

HMS Princess

 

British

Submarine Chaser

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Collision

1924

1940

1

730

57

Renown

 

British

Ketch (1 ½ mast)

Sailing Ship

Water Leakage (Flooding)

1856

1926

 

63

20

MFV Riptide

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Petrol Engine

Foundered

 

1995

 

 

5

FV Roche Castle

 

British

Trawler

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1928

1937

1

307

40

SS Rollon

 

Norwegian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1894

1916

 

581

55

Sage

 

British

Barge, Lighter

Sailing Ship

 

 

1907

 

25

 

Saint Louis

 

French

Schooner

Sailing Ship

Mine

1913

1916

 

184

 

SV Sarah King

 

British

Brigantine (2 masts)

Sailing Ship

Collision

1850

1873

 

123

 

Scanweather

 

British

Lightship

 

Collision

 

1942

 

 

 

Sceptre

 

British

East Indiaman

Sailing Ship

Ran Around (Wrecked)

 

1701

 

375

 

SS Schweigaard

 

Norwegian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Abandoned

1883

1916

 

563

53

Sirdar

 

British

Tug

 

 

 

1987

 

45

15

SS Slava

 

Yugoslavian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Mine

1911

1940

1

4512

112

SS Sofie

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Gunfire – Shelled

1907

1918

8

354

41

MV Solor

 

Norwegian

Tanker

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Torpedo

1938

1945

4

8262

148

SS Speed

 

Norwegian

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1913

1916

5

707

56

SV Springtide

 

British

Yacht

 

Explosion

 

1981

2

 

17

SS Squirrel

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1871

1877

 

151

30

SV St. Christophe

 

French

Schooner

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1916

 

203

 

MV Stan Woolaway

 

British

Dreger

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Capsized

1955

1967

 

278

43

SS Stanholme

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Mine

1927

1939

13

2473

91

SS Steepholm

 

British

Dreger

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1950

1968

 

532

46

SV Theodor

 

Austrian

Brigantine (2 masts)

Sailing Ship

 

1848

1857

 

216

 

Trevessa

 

British

Small Fishing Boat

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1973

 

 

 

SV Unione

 

Austro-Hungarian

Brigantine (2 masts)

Sailing Ship

 

 

1879

 

375

 

SS Vigilant

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1912

 

196

 

SV Water Lily

 

British

Schooner

Sailing Ship

Collision

 

1892

 

128

 

MV Widdale H

 

British

Tanker

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1954

1959

 

274

 

SS Witte Zee

 

Dutch

Tug

Steam

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

1914

1940

 

465

45

MV Woodcock

 

British

 

Motor Vessel (Diesel)

 

 

1943

 

 

 

SS Yesso

 

British

Cargo Ship

Steam

Collision

1880

1894

2

2104

88

SV Zoe

 

British

Brigantine (2 masts)

Sailing Ship

Ran Aground (Wrecked)

 

1895

 

158

 


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