Maritime record MWX1613 - Jessie

Attacked by gunfire from an unidentified submarine which appeared about one mile distant at 2pm. The sailing vessel hove to and was abandoned by her crew, the enemy then boarding her, taking off food and paraffin oil, before placing scuttling charges and sinking her. The survivors were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed at Weymouth. The ships confidential papers and log book went down in the cabin of the wreck. (1)(4) Built: 1878 Builder: Spence Where Built: Kingston Owner: P Donovan Master: W Dunne Crew: 5 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR 1917 18 N 115(J) PRO K

Owner: R Grimes, Fowey. (6)

Tonnage Gross

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p124 (Index). SWX4540.

<3> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p46 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<4> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 944 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES-J.htm, accessed on 24-JAN-2008 (Digital archive). SDO20517.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 892093 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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