Maritime record MDO47951 - Plantin 1917

1917 wreck of a British drifter which struck a mine approximately 3 miles SSE of Standfast Point, Dorset. At the time of loss she was on Admiralty service, attached to the Auxiliary Patrol Force on net patrol duty. Status: Casualty

Struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC 72, approximately 3 miles south-south-east of Standfast Point. (1)

Mined off Standfast Point while on Admiralty Service. (2)

Sunk by mine off Standfast Point. (3)

Built: 1912 (1)
Builder: McIntosh (1)
Where built: Buckie (1)
NHP: 27 (1)
Armament: 1 x 3 pounder (1)
Manager: Alexander Mair, Portknockie, Banffshire. Hired by the Admiralty in 1915 (1)
Crew: 10 (1)
Crew lost: 9 (1)

Date of loss qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Wendes, D, 2006, South Coast Shipwrecks off East Dorset & Wight 1870 - 1979, 96 (Monograph). SDO10496.

<2> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, 124 (Index). SWX4540.

<3> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, 23 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1610051 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 31 2024 8:12PM