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Acheron

Found by Martin Woodward while on a dive in 1979.

AJAX

Sunk by a Stuka

ALBION 11

Hit a mine 13th Jan 1916 - Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. - T. & W. Smith

Alcester

The Alcester was an iron vessel of 1597 tons, bound from Calcutta to..

ALGERIAN

Hit a mine in the Solent off Egypt Point in 1916

ASBORG

Torpedoed 1918

Atlas

The Austrian barque, Atlas, was driven ashore on Atherfield Ledge in..

Auguste

The three masted iron barque, Auguste, of 1298 tons out of..

BETTANN

The 500ton Danish Coaster developed a leak and sank in 1967 after..

BOXER (HMS)

Collided with the SS St. Patrick and sank 1918

BRAAT 11

March 7th 1918 saw the Norwegian steamship Braatt II (1834 tons)..

Brigantine Noordster

Dutch two masted vessel, 183 tons register, bound from Maracaybo,..

Britannia HMY

This superb racing First Class Cutter was initially commissioned..

CAMBERWELL (Possibly)

The Camberwell on May 18th 1917 was steaming six miles S.E. of..

CAMSWAN

The Camswan came to grief when she collided with the Polbria and..

CAROLINE SUSAN

MY Caroline Susan a 23 tons motor cruiser sank in 1940, possibly hit..

Cedarine

The barque, Cedarine, lost on her maiden voyage from Bermuda.

Clairmont

The steamship Claremont of Newcastle 668 tons, with a cargo of iron..

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Royal Pier Hotel, Ryde

The building used to stand at the bottom of Union Street, it can be seen on 3 Brannon prints and seems to have been built in phases as each Brannon..

P S Carrier

Th PS Carrier - Boat Train, built by Scott and Co of Greennock in1858 weighing in at 243 tons, ran between Langston Harbour and St Helens carrying..

No Man's Land Fort (Solent)

This spectacular concentric fort was one of the major forts proposed in the Royal Commission of 1860, its primary goal was to protect the Spithead..

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