Maritime record MWX1644 - Bittern

Sank very quickly at 3.15am. after collision with the SS KENILWORTH in dense fog in the channel. (3)

Year Built: 1897. Builder: Vickers (N.C.and A.). Where Built: Barrow-in-Furness. Engine horsepower: 5700. Propulsion: Screw driven x 2, 3 cylinder triple expansion. Armament: 1 x 12pdr.; 5 x 6pdr.; 2 x TT.
Owner: Royal Navy. Crew: 60. Date of Loss Qualifier: A.

The vessel is in two parts and was identified in 1999, position given not complete.(5)

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

<2> Hocking, Charles, 1990, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, p87 (Monograph). SWX4536.

<3> 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.

<4> Colledge, J J, 1969, Ships of the Royal Navy. Volume 1: major ships, p76 (Monograph). SWX4826.

<5> Shipwreck Guide to Dorset and Lyme Bay, p56 (Monograph). SWX4810.

<6> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 14 (Monograph). SDO16406.

C Class Torpedo/Gun Boat, Not yet found…

<7> Western Times, 04-APR-1918, No. 21,450 (Serial). SDO20503.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900872 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 13 2024 5:06PM