Maritime record MWX2167 - Arfon (Afron)

Admiralty Armed British trawler, No. 134 hired as a minesweeper in 1914. Hit a mine mine and sank 30 April 1917, drowning 1 officer and 9 ratings. Also known as Afron 227 G.

The Afron was built in 1908, a 227 ton trawler. It was hired by the Admiralty in 1914, as armed trawler No. 134. The trawler hit a mine on 30 April 1917 with the loss of one officer and nine naval ratings (1).

Source (4) describes a wreck they have named the Arfon, which matches the description of the Afron. The wreck site was discovered around 1999. The wreck lies in 35m and faces south-west (4) Seabed is muddy sand and gravel (3).

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: ADM LL APV 1919.

Also known as Afron

Position 50 29.81 2 10.37W taken from 4

<1> 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.

<2> Ships of the Royal Navy (Vol 2), p28 (Monograph). SWX4848.

<3> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 946 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<4> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), Wreck 198, p148-9 (Arfon) (Monograph). SWX1.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 5 (Monograph). SDO16406.

Record last edited

Sep 4 2024 1:00PM