Maritime record MWX5125 - Lesrix

A motor vessel carrying a cargo of coal that sank in 1960 (1)

The 63 year old master of this vessel was a survivor of 300 wartime convoys through the channel, known at the time as 'Bomb Alley'. During 250 of these his ship had been under air attach, or fired on by German coastal guns or E-Boats. He was torpedoed and sunk in at least three vessels, all of which were small coasters. It is presumed that since she had been sighted on 31.10 15 miles W of St. Catherine’s Point but never seen again, and hatch covers lifebelts etc. were washed up on Portland Bill, that she foundered in the storm with all hands.(2)

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<1> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 1015 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<2> 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.

Record last edited

May 6 2004 10:00AM