| D-2 HMS | Mined off Great Yarmouth on 3rd November. Five crew saved by the trawler Faithfull. [Other Source:] Lost off Borkum Island. On the 23rd November whilst returning to Yarmouth, in heavy seas, D2’s Captain, Lieutenant Commander A G Jameson was swept overboard and lost. The following day D2 once again put to sea, this time under the command of Lieutenant Commander C Head. The submarine failed to return. It is believed that she was sunk on, or around, the 25th of November, following an encounter with a German Torpedo Boat. | |
| D-6 HMS | Sunk by the German submarine U73 off the west coast of Ireland. There were no survivors from the crew of 25. The CO was Lieutenant S A Brooks RN. [Other Source:] On 28th June 1918 whilst on patrol in the North Sea D6 was sunk by UB-73. | |
| Daffodils | Ferry boat; 2.500 tons; 110m. Sunk on 17/03/1945 at 2300 hrs after hitting a mine. 4 crew died. | |
| Dagenham SS | SS Dagenham - sank after striking the NW Grunes 49-24-55/2-32-10 on the 8-3-1909 | |
| Dagheston SS | [Tony Allen:]Dagheston SS, a large tanker, 5.742 tons, 61m, was sunk on the 23/04/1940 by a torpedo from U-57. | |
| Dakota SS | [HSAC:]Liverpool & Great Western S.N. Co. (Guion Line); 1874; Palmers Co; 4.332 tons; 400.6x43.4x32.7; 900 rhp; 14 knots; compound engines. The Dakota, and her sistership the Montana, were experimental vessels built witha view to securing for her owners the Blue Riband of the Atlantic. The engines were an unusual design and the hulls were constructed with a ''tumble home'', similar to that which distinguished the old wooden line-of-battleship. The vessels failed to achieve success either as record breakers or as good passenger ships, and their ultimate loss was a benefit rather than a disaster to their owners. The Dakota was wrecked off Anglesey on May 9th, 1877. By a strange coincidence the ship struck at a point not many miles from where the Montana was to founder three years later. The veseel left Liverpool for America on the evening of the 9th under Captain Price with 218 passengers and 109 crew, and 1.800 tons of general cargo. At 9.30 pm, when abreast of Port Lynas Light, the captain gave order to port the helm. This order was misunderstood and the helm was put to starboard, thus throwing the vessel off her course. This mistake was noticed too late and although the engines ware reversed the Dakota stranded at the East Mouse, near Amlwch and not far from Anglesey. All those on board got off in safety, but the ship broke in two the next day and became a total wreck | |
| Dakotian SS | [Jan Lettens:]The 6.426 ton british cargo, Dakotian was sunk on 21st November 1940, when she hit a magnetic mine. She broke her back and sank very quickly. All crew were saved. She was on her way from Swansea to St. John in Canada with a general cargo, including 1.300 tons of tinplate and, oddly enough, Christmas puddings and bicycles. [Tony Allen:] Sank in 1940 , a merchant ship of 6.426 tons, 400 feet long and 52 feet wide. Sank by a mine while dropping anchor on the night of 21/11/40 and went down in 3 min. | |
| Dalewood SS | [Tony Allen:]Dalewood was a 2,420grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 26 February 1918 when 10 miles SW from Isle of Man, Irish Sea she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 19 lives lost including Master. | |
| Dallas City | French MV; 4.952 tons; 130m. Sunk on 04/07/1940 | |
| Dalriada SS | [Tony Allen:]Dalriada SS was built in 1881 by J Fullerton & Cpy., Paisley, she grossed 324 tons and measured 46,67x7,01x3,17 metres.Powered by a two cylinder compound steam engine. Owned by W Robertson of Glasgow. Ran aground whilst carrying a cargo of coal from Ayr to Larne. | |
| Dalryan | [Martien Slaats:] Dalryan is door destroyer z fdz bonte tot zinken gebracht. | |
| Dalserf SS | [Tony Allen:]Dalserf SS. 1910 July 10th the Dalserf(GLASGOW). [OWNED MIDDLESBOROUGH]. Steamship.1849 tons.(Built Stockton-On-Tees in 1909). Foundered Grassholm, Pembrokeshire. South East side. 51.43.44.N. 05.28.32.W. On route from Penarth to Oban loaded with Coal. | |
| Dalton | [Tony Allen:]Dalton was 1255 tons and was 315.4 feet in length. | |
| Damco 136 | Op 3 november 1968 verging om ongeveer 13.30 uur het 2988 BRT metende sleepschip Damco 136. De Damco 136, geladen met fosfaat, werd gesleept door de motorsleepboot Denzo en was op weg van Rotterdam naar de Sloehaven in Vlissingen. Onderweg hadden de matrozen de dekluiken op de ruimen gedaan maar deze waren niet vergrendeld, waardoor het schip door het slechte weer steeds meer water maakte. Door het vollopen van de ruimen maakte het schip steeds meer slagzij en zonk tenslotte. De opvarenden konden heelhuids overstappen op de sleepboot. De Damco 136 werd als Rijnland 1 in Duisburg (Duitsland) gebouwd op de werf van Benninghaus. De lengte was 110,26 meter, de breedte was 13,1 meter, de ledige diepgang bedroeg 0,66 meter, volledig geladen bedroeg de diepgang 3 meter. | |
| Dan Beard | [Tony Allen:]DAN BEARD. (San Francisco) Built in Calif in 1943 WSA (Stockard SS Co, NY); American Liberty Ship of 7.176 tons; 423x 57ft. Bow drifted and sank under Pwllderi Cliff. 51°59 37N - 05°04 52W. She was torpedoed by U-1202, seven miles West of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Broke in two. Stern sank. | |
| Daphne SS | [Tony Allen:]Daphne, french steamer in collision off Dungeness, Kent on 25/07/1928. Dimensions: 257x35x14.5 feet and was 1467 tons. Daphne was on route from Caien to Ghent with a cargo of iron ore. Powered by 169nhp Triple expansion engine. | |
| Darca | Hebriden (kan ook Barca zijn) | |
| Daring HMS | British Navy Destroyer; 1932; Thornycroft & Co; 1.375 tons; 326x33x8.5; 36.000 shp; 35.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4.7 in guns; 7 smaller; 8 T.T. The destroer Daring, Cdr. S.A. Cooper was torpedoed by the German submarine U23, North Scotland, 40 miles east of Duncansby Head on February 18th, 1940. The Daring carried a complement of 162, of whom nine officers, including Cdr. Cooper and 148 ratings were killed. One officer and 4 ratings were saved. | |
| D-Artagnan | Trawler; 1974; by Argyll Ship & BB Co Ltd; 112 tons; 23m; The D' Artagnan was rammed by the cargo ''Frio Marathon'' of 113 m, while en route to Boulogne. The small trawler was taken on her port side, lifted, turned upside down -while still stuck to the cargo bulb- and then sunk in a few minutes. | |
| Dartmoor SS | [Tony Allen:]Dartmoor was a 2.870grt defensively-armed British Merchant steamship. On the 27th May 1917 when 35 miles SE from Fastnet, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 25 lives lost including Master. | |
| Dasher HMS | British Navy escort aircraft carrier; 1940; 12.000 tons; 496x69.5x28.5; 8.500 bhp; 16.5 knots; diesel engines; one 4 in A.A. gun; four 40mm A.A., eight 20 mm A.A. 20 aircraft. Converted aircraft carrier blew up and sank in the River Clyde, Scotland between the Isle of Arran and Ardrossan. Loss of 379 lives. These were US built ships and did not have the same specifications as RN carriers, especially in regard to fire precautions. It is thought that this led to the great loss of life when aircraft fuel leaked from onboard tanks and caught fire, after it thought an aircraft crash-landed. | |
| Dashwood SS | Built 1924 by Vickers; Attacked and sunk by German bombers. | |
| Datetree SS | [Tony Allen:]Datatree SS ran aground in fog and struck the Little Bison Rocks, Cornwall. | |
| Dauphin | Helikopter got into trouble cause of strong winds( gale 8NW) 4persons on board and all saved by the sea-king rescue helikopter of koksijde by 21h00. Persons have only minor injuries and where a little undercooled. | |
| David Caldwell (aft part) | Liberty ship of 4.000 tons sunk in 1946. | |
| David Caldwell (fore part) | Liberty ship of 4.000 tons sunk in 1946. | |
| David O. Saylor | [Tony Allen:]David O. Saylor, concrete ship. Deliberate sinking off Normandy. | |
| Dawdon SS | J.M. Thorman & Co; 1878; Short Bros..; 1.310 tons; 240.4x34x18; 152 nhp; 9 knots; compound engines. The steamship Dawdon struck a mine and sank ten miles N.W. by W. of the Wandelaar lightship on October 3rd, 1914. Ten of her crew were killed. The captain was among the survivors.[Other Source:] Stoomschip van 1.310 BRT, gebouwd in 1878 bij Short Bros., Sunderland voor rederij R. Thomson, Sunderland, Groot-Brittannië. Op 3 oktober 1914 een mijn gelopen ter hoogte van Oostende (10 mijlen NW van het vuurschip WANDELAAR) en gezonken. Het wrak werd in 1956 ontdekt door de Nederlandse Hydrografie en verkeerdelijk als de ARDMOUNT bestempeld. Duikers van TVB NORMA haalden een bouwplaat boven uit de machinekamer met een datum om en rond 1870. De ARDMOUNT waarvan werd gedacht dat het dit wrak was, is echter pas rond 1906 gebouwd en situeerde zich volgens Lloyds op 3 mijl E by S van het LS Wandelaar. | |
| De Boot | [Tony Allen:]De Boot was a Dutch East Indiaman that ran on to Prawle Point, Devon, UK in 1738. | |
| Dearne SS | [Tony Allen:]Dearne was built in 1909 for Goole Steamship Company of England for the Hamburg service. In 1914 she was seized by Germany. In 1915 sunk in North Sea. | |
| Deeness SS | [Le Grizzly:]Deeness SS; Britannique; Caboteur; Machine triple expansion; 466 tjb; 46,33 x 7,68 m; Echouage 16/02/1951; | |
| Deense Kotter | [André Ruissen:] Houten deens kottertje , welke in de tweede wereldoorlog dienst deed als bakenschip. Dit scheepje ontstak een markeringslicht als er een konvooi via het oostgat naar binnen kwam. Waarschijnlijk in de grond geschoten door britse vliegtuigen. | |
| Deerpool SS | [Tony Allen:]Deerpool was built in 1930 by Wm. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool and owned by the Ropner Shipping Cpy. In 1939 stranded near Spurn Head and was lost. | |
| Deerwood SS | Built 1919 b y Crown Yard; ex-War Thames; Ran aground on Haisborough Sands. | |
| Defense HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Defence, British, Minotaur class Armoured Cruiser. Lost in the Battle of Jutland. | |
| Delight D-119 HMS | British Navy Destroyer, 1932; Fairfield Shipping Co; 1.375 tons; 326x33x8.5; 36.000 shp; 35.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4.7 in guns; 7 smaller, 8 T.T. The destroyer Delight, Cdr M. Fogg-Elliott, was bombed and sunk by German bombers off Dover (Portland, Dorset) on July 29th, 1940, at the beginning of the heavy raids on England. The destroyer carried a complement of 148 of whom six ratings died of wounds and three officers, including the commander. 57 ratings were wounded. | |
| Dell | [Tony Allen:]Dell; 7.065 tons; 431x56x17 ft. Built in 1941 and requisioned as MOWT. On the 11th May 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-124 at 53°00N 29°57W. | |
| Delphine Irene | [Martien Slaats:]Delpine Irene was een Belgische trawler die op 10-5-1946 op een mijn is gelopen vier manschappen vonden de dood. | |
| Demetrios | [Tony Allen:]Demetrios was blown on to Prawle Point, Devon, UK in a gale in 1992 , it is a classic example of how the sea destroys a huge onshore wreck very quickly, though there are still pieces the size of double-decker buses up on the rocks. | |
| Den Haag | MS Den Haag; Petroleum Industrie Mij. was torpedoed Februari 15th 1940 by a German U-boot U-48 in the English Channel. 26 souls lost. | |
| Den Hagg | [Tony Allen:]Den Hagg was a Dutch Motor tanker built in 1925 and owned by PETROLEUM INDUSTRIE MAATSCHAPPIJ NV. She was on route from ARUBA and NEW YORK for ROTTERDAM carrying 11000 tons oil products when she was torpedoed by U-48. | |
| Denabola SS | [Tony Allen:]The Denabola a Steamship of 1.481 tons was passing north east of Gurnards head when she was struck by two torpedoes, hitting nr number 2 and 3 holds which caused her to sink rapidly. The crew took to a boat and a raft and were later picked up by a patrol vessel, the 2nd engineer and one able seamen were lost with the ship. | |
| Denebola SS | [Tony Allen:]Denebola was 1,481grt and defensively-armed steamship. On the 17 August 1918, 2 miles N by W from Gurnard Head, Nr St. Ives, Cornwall, UK she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost. | |
| Denis Papin | One of the three wrecks sunk on 1st June 1940 on the same place. (Denis Papin, Vénus and Moussaillon). During their third voyage between Dunkirk and England, the auxiliary tug 'Denis Papin' (408 persons on board) accompanied by the 'Vénus' (218 persons), the ''Moussaillon'' (319 persons) and ''Président Briant'' (283 persons) leave the port of Dover. At 15h00, they are under constant fire from the 155mm ground batteries at Gravelines. At 16h30, they are attacked by 8 bomber stukas. Denis Papin sinks first in 30sec time, followed by 'Vénus' and 'Moussaillon'. Only the tug 'Président Briant' can escape. | |
| Denise | [Tony Allen:]Denise, ran aground in fog on 6th June 1918. | |
| Denise SY | Sailing yacht sunk on 11th January 1999 | |
| Deo Gratias | Sunk on 20/05/1969 after collision with the Norvegian Tarn. | |
| Deodata (ex-Quevilly (le)) | [Dirk Eekelers:]4 masted sailing tanker, built by Ateliers et Chantiers, Grand-Quevilly, end of 19th century; 106x15x6,50m. Obtained the blue Ruban by beating the speed record in sailing the Atlantic ocean in 1902.(Rouen-Philadelphia). She was equipped with engines in 1911 and survived WWI. Sold in 1923 to a Norvegian operator, who removed the masts and renamed her Deodata and used her as a cargo ship. In October 1939 she was sunk when hitting a mine. All 23 crew were saved. [Tony Allen:]Deodata. Originally a 4 masted steel barque built by Laporte & Compagnie, Rouen, France and launched as Le Quevilly on March 20th 1897 for H. Prentout-Leblond & E. Boniface, Rouen (Captain Chotard), 3272 gt, 2518 net, royal sails over double top and topgallant sails, 98.14m x 13.83m x 7.36 m. Sold in 1900 to H. Prentout-Leblond & E. Lerouxe, Rouen. Saved the crew of the American schooner Ira Bliss on Nov. 25-1903, sinking 80 n. miles off Delaware. Equipped in 1910-11 with 2 auxiliary 6-cyl. MAN oil engines, driving twin propellers, speed 5 knots. Sold to Leroux & Heizey, Rouen in 1915. Run into by USS Sampson on Jan. 26-1917. Laid up at Rouen in 1921. Purchased by A/S Sørlandske Lloyd (K. A. Thorbjørnsen), Oslo in 1923. Derigged in 1926, converted to whale oil tanker and renamed Deodata. Owner at the time of loss was Skibs A/S Deodata (Christoffer Hannevig A/S), Horten, and had been fitted with a new 209 nhp oil/diesel engine, speed 7.5 knots, single steel propeller. Struck a mine off the Inner Dowsing lightship on Oct. 21-1939 when on a voyage from Constanza to Grangemouth in ballast 53 19 50N 00 38 21 50E (mine laid by U-19 Meckel on Oct. 17). All survived and were picked up by the Gorleston lifeboat Louise Stephens, which also rescued survivors from the Greek steamer Konstantinos Hadjipateras, having struck the same mine field, as did the French Capitaine Edmond Laborie, 2 miles from the Inner Dowsing lightvessel. | |
| Dependence | [Tony Allen:] Dependence was a sailing vessel of 120grt. On 15th September 1917, 6 miles West from the Lizard, Cornwall, she was captured by a submarine and sunk by bombs. | |
| Deptford SS | [Tony Allen:]Vessel ran aground. She was refloated but sank off Boulby, Staithes. | |
| Derbent SS | [Tony Allen:]Torpedoed and sunk by U-96. She was carrying a cargo of fuel oil. | |
| Derrycunihy | Derrycunihy was mined when sailing from Sword beach (ouistreham) to Juno beach in Normandy on 24th June 1944. The ship broke in two and the stern sank very rapidly. 189 soldiers perished. | |
| Derwent HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1903; Hawthorn, Leslie & Co; 555 tons; 225x23.5x12; 7.000 ihp; 25.5 knots; triple expansion engines; Yarrow boilers; four 12pdr guns; 2 T.T. The destroyer Derwent was mined and sunk off Le Havre on May 2nd, 1917. Her official complement was 70. | |
| Determinee (la) | Frigate of 544 tons; 40m; 22 canons. Sunk on 26/03/1803 | |
| Detmar | [Martien Slaats:]DETMAR was een houten tweemastschoenerbrik die in de storm van 27-2-1894 gezonken is cargo sesamzaad,ebbenhout en verhout. De 8 bemanningsleden werden gered door de vissersboten TS-53 TS-58 EN DE TS-1, allen van Terschelling. | |
| Deucalion SS | SS Deucalion 1914-1940 KNSM, 1914 Rijkee Rotterdam, 1934 PDPD. On 4th July, 1940 while on voyage from Southend to St Johns, The SS Deucalion was sunk by German bombers, 20 miles from Portland. | |
| Deutschland | Het schip was gebouwd in 1934 bij Deutsche Schiff und Machinebau A.G. Seebeck te Wetermund. Het was 432 brt, 47,3 m lang en 7,05 m breed De eigenaar was de Hanseatische Hochseefischerei. A.G. Het schip is gezonken op 18/19 dec 1940 door een mijnexplosie. | |
| Devon Coast SS | 668 to British Steamer Sunk: 4th November 1908 Carrying cement in collision with the another steamer the Jeanie | |
| Devonia PSS | Built 1905 by John Brown & Co Ltd Clydebank, Paddlesteamer compound diagonal. Owned by: Barry Railway, Barry & Bristol Channel Steamship Company, P & A Campbell Ltd, serviced from 1905 till 1940. 252 net/ 642 gross tons. Almost identical to her sister Gwalia (Brighton Queen), she had a similar career. Originally sailing in the Bristol Channel she later sailed on the South Coast for Campbells, sailing from Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings across the English Channel to Boulogne and Calais. In 1933 she returned to the Bristol Channel on the Swansea to Ilfracombe run. Devonia was not used in 1939 but sailed to Dunkirk in 1940, where she was beached and did not return. Her sister (then Brighton Queen) was also lost in the Dunkirk evacuations. | |
| Devonian SS | [Tony Allen:]Devonian was a 10.435 grt, defensively armed British Merchantship of the Leyland Line. On the 21st August 1917 when 20 miles NE from Tory Island, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, possibly 2 lives lost. On route from Liverpool to Boston. | |
| Dew | [Tony Allen:]Dew; 7.005 tons; 431x56x17 ft; Built in 1941 and requisioned as MOWT. On 12th June 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U-48 at 51°09N 30°16W. | |
| Diamantis SS | Torpedoed on 03/10/1939 by a U-boat. | |
| Diamond SS | [Tony Allen:]Diamond SS was owned by W Robertson and built 1886 by Scott & Co, Bowling and grossed 469 tons. She measured 175x25.1x10.3 feet. While under wartime blackout she was heading for Londonderry with a cargo of steel plates when she collided with the passebger steamship Lily which was bound for Glasgow. The Diamond sank almost immediately and 10 crew were picked up by the Lily. 3 crew died. | |
| Diana | 14 gun 140 ton Brig Position: East Dean, 100yds East of Saltdean tunnel | |
| Diana SS | Not sure : Rederi A/B Diana; 1908; Osbourne, Graham & Co; 1.878 tons; 289.1x40x18; 175 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Swedish steamship Diana was bombed and sunk by British aircraft on March 5th, 1944; N. of Borkum, Germany, outward bound from Emdem. | |
| Diana SS (norw) | 1904 Bergens M.V., Bergen; The shipping controller, 1.107 tons, 68.63x9.77x4.08m, screw, 3cyl. trip expansion, 1 boiler, 122 horsepower, Armament: 1x13pdr stern gun & 1xH.A. gun; Machinery by C.D. Holmes & Co. The Diana was registered at Bergen under a Norwegian flag, until it was requisitioned by the admiralty and placed under the control of the shipping controller. She was torpedoed by German submarine UB-108 on her starboard side about 70 feet from the bow. One fireman was injured in the explosion and the crew abadoned ship in her life boats, the ship sank five minutes later. | |
| Dido (+1883) | [Tony Allen:]Dido. Built in 1859 for C H Donner of Hamburg, Germany. Bound for New York with a cargo of salt when she ran aground. | |
| Dido SS (+1916) | [Tony Allen:]On the 26 February 1916, 4 miles NNE from Spurn Light Vessel, North Sea, S/S Dido was mined and sunk. 28 lives were lost, including Master. | |
| Dilston Castle SS | Built 1871 by Palmers Co; Sunk after collision with British Carron SS; | |
| Dimbovita | [Tony Allen:]Sank in a gale. | |
| Dimitris SS | [Tony Allen:]The Dimitris actually began life as a Standard ""A"" Class vessel, the 'War Malayan'. She was laid down in 1918 by Caird and Co. Ltd. at Greenock, of 5,202 grt (gross registered tons) and 3130 nrt (net registered tons). She measured 400.3 feet long, with a beam of 52.3 feet, a depth of hold of 28.5 feet and was powered by a 3-cylinder Triple-expansion engine also built by Caird and Co. This gave her a top speed of 11 knots. She was one of a number of ""A"" Class vessels that were intended to be converted into ""AO"" Class oil-tankers ('British Standard Ships of World War I', Vol.3 - W.H.Mitchell and L.A.Sawyer), though it is unclear if she was so converted. Completed just after the end of the war in 1919, she was sold to a Greek, S.G.Embiricos, who re-named her the 'Michael L. Embiricos'. She spent the next 33 years quietly going about her business, interrupted only by the Second World War which, unlike a great many ships, she managed to survive. In 1952 she was sold on to new Greek owners, Bogiazides Brothers and N.D.Rallias and re-named 'Dimitris', though her Port of Registry still remained Andros. Her final voyage began on December 1st, 1953, when she left the port of Bona, in Algeria, bound for Middlesbrough, a port she had visited on a number of occasions, with a cargo of iron ore. At around 9.30 p.m. on December 14th, in good visibility and the moon shining, the 'Dimitris' inexplicably crashed onto the East Scar rocks, some 300 yards from the shore. At 10.17 p.m. Cullercoats Radio received the following message from the stricken vessel - ""SOS, Have run ashore one mile from Middlesbrough Roads; require tugs."" Chief Cook Petre Theoharopulos (the only member of the crew who could speak English) later spoke to an Evening Gazette reporter - ""I was in the galley when it happened. There was a bang and the ship shuddered. A few minutes later the lights went out and I ran out on deck."" The 'Dimitris' had struck the rocks amidships; the engine-room quickly flooded and the boilers put out. Distress flares were fired and the Redcar Lifeboat 'City of Leeds', was quickly launched and on the scene. In pitch darkness and with a heavy swell running, the Lifeboat successfully took off 22 of the 36-man crew, the remaining 14 crew being brought ashore in two local fishing boats. At daylight the next morning, officials from the Tees Towing Company surveyed the vessel and held out little hope of refloating her. An extract from Lloyd's Weekly Casualty Reports stated; "" Steamer Dimitris stranded at seaward end of Flashes reef off Redcar, at 9.30 p.m. on Dec.14 while on voyage from Bona to Tees, laden with 7500 tons of iron ore. Vessel now heading north-east. Machinery space commenced to make water rapidly and crew was taken off by lifeboat shortly before 11 p.m. Vessel was boarded this morning to remove crew's belongings, when condition of vessel was found as follows; Forepeak dry; No.1, 6 inches; No.2 Starboard, 18 inches; No.2 Port, 3 inches; No.3 Starboard, dry; No.3 Port, 6 inches; No.4, dry; Afterpeak, 6 feet freshwater, engine and boiler rooms and cross-bunker, tidal. Position extremely exposed. Salvage dependent on machinery space being brought under control. Now investigating possibilities - Salvage Association's Special Officer."" Listing to starboard and firmly impaled on the rocks, the 'Dimitris' was doomed. | |
| Dingle SS | [Tony Allen:] Dingle SS hit a mine and sank 10 miles south by west of Kentish Rock, Kent, English Channel. Dimensions: 170x28.1x10.3 feet and was 593 tons. | |
| Dingwall SS | [Tony Allen:]Mined by German mine laying submarine. The Ringwall was built in 1921 by Day, Summers and Co in Southampton. She was small, just 143ft long with a beam of 25ft, and was launched as the Mary Summerfield. Owners Wallace Brothers of Liverpool changed her name in 1930. She had a 60hp two-cylinder compound engine witha single boiler and was meant for coastal trading. | |
| Dipton | Sunk during WWI. | |
| Disperser | [Tony Allen:]Disperser was lost of Staithes, Yorkshire. | |
| Disperser SS | [Tony Allen:]The salvage vessel Disperser, originally an Ant class warship. Sank in heavy weather whilst under tow after taking on water. | |
| Djerv SS | [Tony Allen:]Djerv was a 1,527grt British Merchant Steamship that was defensively-armed. On the 20 February 1918 when 12 miles NNW from the Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdon she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 2 lives lost including Master. | |
| Dolphin PSS | [Tony Allen:]Dolphin, Paddle Steamer of 641 tons. Dimensions:197x28.2x16.3 feet. Propulsion: 180nhp engine giving 10 knots. Dolphin was on route from Dover to Le Havre with 25 passengers when run down by the SS Brenda. 11 killed which included 4 passengers. | |
| Domala SS | [Tony Allen:]Domala SS. British Merchantman owned by the British India SN Company. On route from Southampton to Calcutta. Vessel was bombed by a Heinkel He-111 20 miles off the Isle of Wight, English Channel and sunk. | |
| Don SS | [Tony Allen:]Don was built in 1892 for the Goole Steamship Company for the Goole-Ghent route. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk in North Sea. | |
| Dona Isabella SS | [Tony Allen:]Dona Isabella SS, steamship of 1.179 ton. Dimensions: 61.3x10.6 metres. Vessel was on passge from Blyth to Portsmouth when torpedoed. Vessel 12 miles from the coast of eastborne. | |
| Donau | [Michael Tolhuisen] MS Donau; 1953; F & T Drijfhout, Delzijl; 357 tons; 42m; 240 hp; 8,5 kn; Donau was on voyage from Delfzijl to Selby when she collided with MS Kariba near the Eems. She sunk on October 7th, 1969. There were 6 casualties. | |
| Doris | [Arie de Lange:] Engelse driemaster van 99 brt en gebouwd in 1904. Haven van inschrijving Padstow; gezagvoerder Thomas Magor, Rose Hill te Padstow; eigenaar William Sallport te Padstow. Met een lading pottebakkers klei is tijdens storm gezonken op 15-12-1907. Hierbij kwam 1 opvarenden om het leven n.l. Ernest Crowters. Vier van de overlevenden zijn gered door een reddingsboot en de hoogaars van de fam. Schroevers uit Arnemuiden, als vissers actief in dat gebied. De redders (familieSchroevers) kregen een oorkonde van de bemanning van de Doris; ik kreeg de gelegenheid deze oorkonde te scannen en te copieeren. Het orgineel hangt in de Gevangen Toren te Vlissingen. Verder nog een foto van de gereddenen. | |
| Doris (sub) | [Bram de Willigen:] De “DORIS”, tweede klasse onderzeeër van de CIRCE-klasse, in 1927 gedoopt en in 1930 in operationele dienst gesteld, was één van de 12 Franse onderzeeërs die in het voorjaar 1940 onder Brits commando in het Noordzee gebied opereerde. Op 8 mei 1940 werd hij op het oppervlakte getorpedeerd met aan boord 42 Franse en 3 Britse zeelui, door de Duitse U.BOOT 9 onderzeeër, terwijl hij de bewegingen in en uit de haven van Den Helder stond te kijken. Er waren geen overlevenden. | |
| Dorsetshire | In the summer of 1761 the 70-gun Dorsetshire was wrecked at Horse Sands (close to the Mary Rose wreck site). This shipping accident caused the Port Admiral (Vice Admiral Fancis Holborne) at Portsmouth to issue an order to all Naval shipping masters, '...to sound out the channels, which they should do several times by way of refreshing their memories, this being the second great ship they have run ashore lately'. His instruction appears to have gone unheeded because just four months later, in October, the 50-gun vessel Portland came to grief on the Middle Ground just off Ryde. | |
| Dortmund VP-1808 | Stoomvissersvaartuig ON-86 DORMUND, gebouwd in 1921. Veranderd van thuishaven in 1934 als PG.456 DORTMUND. In augustus 1940 eigendom van de rederij Seelöwe. Op 4 januari 1941 in dienst als Voorpostenboot 1808. Op 23 mei 1942 liep de Voorpostenboot VP-1808 DORTMUND van de 18de Voorpostenflotille (basis Oostende) in positie 51°11' N en 02°45' E op een mijn en zonk. Hierbij werden vier bemanningsleden zwaar gewond en zeven lichtgewond. | |
| Dosinia | [Tony Allen:]Dosinia, Dimensions: 465x59x33 feet | |
| Dotterel SS | “Dotterel,” 1904; 818 tons; Cork Steam Ship Company Ltd. Built at Newcastle by Messers. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. She was attacked in the North Sea by German Aeroplanes on 4th November 1915 on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam, under the comand of Captain P. Kelly. The Aeroplanes were right over the ship dropping bombs and firing from maxim guns. The crew replied by firing rifles with a view to put the aeroplanes out of action. Captain Kelly meanwhile steered a zig-zag course, and ordered the engineers to give the vessel all the speed they could, and in this way managed to dodge the falling bombs. Rockets were also sent up, and after a while the Germans seeing that the “Dotterel” was making such a gallant fight, gave up the contest and beat a hasty retreat. On their departure an examination was made, when it was found that the hull of the ship, a steam pipe, one of the lifeboats and a ventilator were more or less damaged by bullets from the maxims. She was subsequently sunk by a mine off the French coast on 29th November 1915, five lives being lost. The Lord Mayor of Liverpool presided over a meeting in Liverlpool Town Hall in 31st January,1916, and presented to Captain Frederick F. Brennell of the “Avocet” and Capt. Patrick Kelly of the “Dotterel” cheques for 100 guineas, which had been awarded by the Liverpool and London War Risks Association, in recognition of their courage and seamanlike ability in fighting and finally evading German Aircraft. Sir Norman Hill said: “That many presentations were made during the war in recognition of the gallentry and ability with which seamen had overcome the murderous attacks of submarines, but he ventured to think that in no cases had greater gallentry been shown that in those of the “Avocet” and Dotterel.” The Cork Steam Ship Company, Ltd., also made awards to the officers and crews of both ships. | |
| Dr Rudolf Warendorf | German armed trawler sunk by the RAF in WW2. | |
| Dragon | This light cruiser was used as a wave breaker at Ouistreham to help the landing of Normandy (see also Le Courbet). She was thus deliberately sunk after she was hit by a torpedo 3 days before and declared a total loss. | |
| Dragon HMS | [Tony Allen:]British A Class destroyer (completed in 1897) sunk in collision off Scilly. | |
| Drake HMS | British Navy, armoured cruiser; 1902; Pembroke Dockyard; 14.100 tons; 500x71x26; 30.557 ihp; 23 knots; triple expansion engines; Bellevilee boilers; two 9.2 in guns; sixteen 6 in; fourteen 12 pdr. ; three 3 pdr, 2 T.T. The armoured cruiser Drake, with a complement of 900 under command of Capt. S.H. Radcliffe, was torpedoed by U-79 off the north coast of Ireland on October 2nd, 1916. The ship had been engaged in convoy duties and had just parted from her destroyer escort. Immediately she was struck, Capt Radcliffe decideed to make for Rathlin Island as his ship was still navigable. The destroyer escort returned a,d kept close company with the cruiser until she anchored in Chuch Bay, Rathlin Sound. Shortly after comming to anchor the Drake began to list heavily and it was thought advisable to abandon her. She capsized later in the afternoon without loss of life. | |
| Dresden | German passenger ship sunk in 1934 when ranning aground near Norway. Most of the (poor) passengers were invited by the Nazi party campaign for a cruise. The number of people that perished is unknown. | |
| Dresden SMS | [HSAC:]5.531 ton German light cruiser, built 1917. 510ftx47ft. 31000hp coal/oil-fired turbines. Armed: 8x5.9in, 2x3.4in AA guns, four torpedo tubes, 200 mines, 559 crew. Sunk: 21 June, 1919 when scuttled by crew in Scapa Flow. | |
| Dresden SS | [Tony Allen:]Dresden SS was a small steamer captured by a U boat and sunk by explosive charges. On route from Newcastle to Rouen with a cargo of coal. | |
| Drever SS | Built 1888 by Palmers, sunk in collision with SS Ursula; | |
| Drina | [Tony Allen:]Drina SS, 11.483 tons; 152x18m; 3 decks was carrying 4.000 tons of cargo when she was torpedoed by a German sub in March 1917, 2 miles west of Skokholm Island. | |
| Dromore Castle SS | DROMORE CASTLE was built in 1919 by Harland & Wolff at Greenock with a tonnage of 5242grt, a length of 412ft 6in, a beam of 54ft 4in and a service speed of 11 knots. Launched as the War Poplar on 28th August 1919 she was completed as the Dromore Castle as a modified 'B' type standard ship with extra derrick posts. In 1941 she was deployed carrying war materials across the Atlantic and on 12th December 1942 was mined and sunk whilst in a convoy 20 miles south-east of the River Humber without any loss of life. | |
| Drumcree SS | [Tony Allen:]Drumcree, 4,052grt, 18 May 1915, 11 miles N by E from Trevose Head, Cornwall. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Duc de normandie | [Plongeurs de Dunkerque:] French trailor (deep sea), sunk in heavy weather on 21st Februari 1951, after capsizing. The captain and his brother were rescued, but the captain died later. [Mike:] My father was a radio operator officer, he is disappeared at the 31 years age. I contacted the plongeurs of Dunkerque for information. I join the photograph of the outgoing ship of Fecamp, right before the accident. Still thank you.. | |
| Duchess HMS | [Tony Allen:]Duchess HMS, on passage from Newhaven to France collided with the British Destroyer HMS Cossack and sank on 17th July 1917. | |
| Duchess HMS | British Navy Destroyer; 1932; Palmer & Co; 1.375 tons; 326x33x8.5; 36.000 ihp; 35.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4.7 in guns; 7 smaller; 8 T.T. The dstroyer Duchess, Lt. Cdr. R.C.H. White was sunk in collision with the battleship Barham (31.000 tons) in the North Channel (9 miles off Mull of Kintyre), west coast of Scotland, on December 12th, 1939. Six officers, including Cdr. White and 123 ratings were lost. One officer and 22 ratings were picked up. | |
| Duchess of Cornwall SS | [Tony Allen:]Duchess of Cornwall, 1.706grt, defensively-armed merchant ship, 11 April 1917, 5 miles N from Cape Barfleur, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 23 lives lost including Master.[Le Grizzly:]Duchess of Cornwall; Britannique; Cargo; Machine triple expansion de 156 NHP; 1706 tx; 78,4 x 11,16 m;Torpillé par UC-26, le 11/03/1917 [Other Source:]Sunk on 11/04/1917 by UC-26 | |
| Duchess of Montrose HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Duchess of Montrose was constructed in 1902 by John Brown of Clydebank. The engine was a 4 cylindres triple expansion. Tonnage: 321 tonnes. Length 64m, Bream 7.65m. | |
| Duddon | Lighter, Position: Gosport, Portsmouth. Sunk in 1924, Broke in half. | |
| Dudley Rose | [Tony Allen:] British fishing vessel, bombed by German Heinkel aircraft and sunk on 4th September 1941. | |
| Duke of Albany SS | [Tony Allen:]Duke of Albany was built in 1907 for the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railway Company (joint services) to run on the Heysham-Belfast route. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk off Scotland. | |
| Duke Of Buccleugh SS | [HSAC:]3.099 ton four-masted iron steamer, built 1874. 380ftx38ft. 500hp engines. Cargo: 600 tons hand-painted Belgian china and glassware, 2.533 tons of iron rails and machinery, Middlesbrough and Antwerp for Madras. Sunk: 7 March, 1889 in night collision with 1.478 ton sailing ship Vandalia. All 47 crew of Duke of Buccleugh lost. | |
| Duke of Edinburgh | [Tony Allen:]May be the wk of the Duke of Edinburgh. Vessel was 797 tons and 279 feet in length. | |
| Duke Of York SS | [Gert-Jan Bisschop:]The Duke of York was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935, as a two-funnelled steamer for the LMS Railway's Heysham-Belfast service. After service in WW2, Duke of York was rebuilt with a single funnel. She was transferred to the Harwich-Hook of Holland route. In May 1953, Duke of York had a serious collision, in fog, with the American freighter Haiti Victory. The bow section was sheered off completely. She reappeared with a new, more modern bow. | |
| Dumfries SS | Steel steamer of 5.149 tons, torpedoed in 1944. | |
| Dumfries SS | [Tony Allen:]Dumfries, 4,121grt, 19 May 1915, 13 miles N from Trevose Head, Cornwall. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost. | |
| Duncan L. Clinch | Sunk off Normandy | |
| Dundalk | [Tony Allen:]Torpedoed 5 miles NNW from Skerries and sunk by U-123 & U-90. She was carrying a general cargo. 19 killed. | |
| Dundee SS | [Tony Allen:]Dundee was a 2.278grt, defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 31st January 1917 when 10 miles N by W from St Ives Head, Cornwall, UK she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 1 life lost. | |
| Dunholme SS | [Tony Allen:]Dunholme SS. Sank after collision with the SS Kinloch off Dover. Vessel was en route from Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro with a general cargo. 17 crew killed. | |
| Dunsinane | Brigantine. Sunk on 13/08/1904 | |
| Durham Castle SS | [Tony Allen:]Durham Castle was built in 1904 and was 8240 tons. She was owned by UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP CO LTD. On the 26th January 1940 she hit a mine laid by U-57 and sank off Cromarty, Scotland. | |
| Dutchess SS | [Tony Allen:]Dutchess SS was on passage from Newhaven to France when in collision with the British Destroyer HMS Cossack. | |
| Dux SS | [Tony Allen:]Dux, 1,349grt, defensively-armed British Merchantman on the 8 May 1918 was torpedoed and sunk without warning, 7 miles NW from Godrevy Light House, North Cornwall, UK. | |
| E-1 HMS | After the Bolshevik revolution in Russia Royal Navy's submarines of the E and C classes which had been operating in the Baltic with great success were moved to Helsingfors (Helsinki), but they were then trapped. If they were captured by the advancing Russians they would have to be handed over to the Germans by Treaty. Alternatively they might be directly captured by the Germans. As a result a decision was taken to tow E1, E8, E9, and E19 out into the Baltic and sink them. In the case of E1, E9 and E19 the explosive charges sank them immediately. E8's charges didn't explode and she was sunk on 4th alongside C26. | |
| E-17 | [Arie De Lange] Sister to E 18. Wrecked off Texel, 6th January, 1916. De E-17 was een Engelse onderzeeboot met een waterverplaatsing van 730 brt boven water met een snelheid van 16 knt, onder water 825 brt met een snelheid van 10 knt en een bewapening had van 4 torpedolanceerbuizen van 53 cm en twee kanonnen van 7,6 cm, strandde op de Haaks Gronden. Dit kwam ook mede door verkeerde navigatie. In die tijd ( 1916) was de kustverlichting van Nieuwendiep uit en dachten de Engelsen dat ze ter hoogte van Ymuiden waren. Het schip, dat met een kapotte schroef, roer en kromme as strandde en daardoor water had gemaakt zendde een noodsein uit dat opgevangen werd door H.m.s.Noord-Brabant. Toen H.m.s.Noord Brabant in zicht kwam dachten de Engelse bemanning dat het een Diutse kruiser was. De Engelsen zetten de kleppen open zodat de onderzeeboot E-17 definitief zonk op 6 januari 1916 De opvarenden zijn alle aan boord genomen van H.M.S.Noord Brabant. Eén van de opvarende behoorde tot de overlevende van de Engelse panserkruiser Natal die enige tijd voorheen in de lucht was gevlogen. Doordat Nederland in de Eerste Wereldoorlog neutraal was, is de bemanning van de E-17 in Nederland geinterneerd. (Bron Archief PZC Vlissingsche Courant 1916) | |
| E-20 HMS | The loss of this boat in the Dardanelles, was the direct result of the negligence of the Commanding Officer Lieutenant de Vaisseau Henri Ravenel and crew of the French submarine Turquoise. He didn't like the idea of the war and after a week on station decided to leave the area. He then ran aground. According to German reports, which can be believed, it seems he was so anxious to save himself that he abandoned his boat with all the lights burning and the alarm bells still ringing. E20 (CO Lieutenant-Commander Clyfford Warren) was to have made a rendezvous with the French boat but Ravenel had also abandoned her without making any attempt to destroy any documents, including her secret orders. The Turks handed these to the Germans and a German submarine, UB14 (CO Lieutenant von Heimberg) was ready when E20 arrived at the rendevous point. She was sunk by a single torpedo while on the surface. The CO of the U boat rescued the nine survivors. Twenty seven men were killed. After the war Ravenel was tried by Court Martial for the abandonment of his boat and the consequent loss of HMS E20 but was acquitted on all charges. E20 was later commissioned into the Turkish Navy as Mustejab Onbashy, which translated means 'Worthy of Acceptance'. | |
| E-39 HMS | [Tony Allen:]E Class British Submarine, overseas patrol/minelayer submarine. Submerged: 807 tons 54.86x6.86x3.81 m Propulsion: two Vickers diesel engines. 1.600 bhp. Two electric motors 840 shp Driving two shafts Performance. Max surface speed. 15.25 kts Submerged. 9.75 kts. Surface range. 3225 nm. Endurance. 24 days. Max operational dive depth. 30.5 m; Complement Officers: 3 Ratings: 28; Armament: 1. Group1: 1x18” bow tubes, 2x18” beam tubes; 1x18” stern tube, 8 torpedoes. 3. Group 2: 2x18” bow tubes 2x18” eam; 1x 18” stern tube, 10 torpedoes. Although not fitted to early boats during construction all boats were armed with a deck gun from 1915 onwards. The standard mount was a 12 pdr but other types were fitted. Six boats E-24, E-34, E-41, E-45, E-4?, E-51. Were constructed as minelayers in these 20 vertical tubes were mounted in the side ballast tanks, because of this beam torpedo tubes were not fitted.September 13th E.39. Submarine. 51.41.24.N. 5.09.18.W. 51.41.4N. 05.09.3W. Watwick Bay, Milford Haven. (south side of bay, off and below steps.). Built by Palmer 9.11.16. Sold to S.Wales Salvage Co; foundered whilst in tow. Was blasted and scrap removed, part still remains. In 8-10 metres. | |
| Eagle | Sunk: May 1945 (position: special thanks to Mike Keane, divesussexshipwreck.co.uk) | |
| Eagle | [Tony Allen:]Eagle. Sank of Whiting Bay, East Arran, Scotland. Vessel was 220 tons and 160 feet in length. She was hit by a towed ship and sank. | |
| Eamaeus | [Tony Allen:]Eumaeus, 6.696grt, defensively armed, 26 February 1918, 24 miles NNE from Ile de Vierge, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine | |
| Earl of Abergavenny | Built by Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet, Kent in 1797. She was one of the largest class of merchant ships chartered to the East India Company. She was en voyage to China (capt. John Wordsworth), when navigation errors ran her aground on Shambles bank, of Dorset. She managed to sail off the bank, but the hull was so heavily damaged that she sank near the coast. Over 250 souls, including the captain, perished from drowning or exposure on that bitterly cold February night in 1805. | |
| East Point SS | [Tony Allen:]East Point was a 5,234grt defensively-armed British Merchant steamer. On the 9th March 1917 when 9 miles E by S ½ S from the Eddystone Light, English Channel she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| East Wales SS | [Tony Allen:]East Wales SS, a 4.321 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was captured by a submarine and sunk with gunfire on 14/10/1917, 8 miles S by W ½ W from Daunts Rock, Pembrokeshire | |
| Eastfield SS | Steamship of 2.150 tons, torpedoed by a U-boat on 27th November, 1917. | |
| Ebenezer | SEbenezer, sailing vessel, 177grt, 15 July 1917, 25 miles NW from Dieppe, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs. | |
| Ebenezer | [Tony Allen:]Ebenezer was 533 tons and 130 feet in length. | |
| Ece MV | [Tony Allen:]The first 2006 shipwreck in the English Channel is the 8,000 gwt Marshall Islands registered chemical tanker M/T Ece, with 22 crew & 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid -- which was in collision at 0220 GMT -- with bulk carrier Maltese-registered M/V General Grot-Rowecki, 26,000 tons of phosphorus -- 30 miles NW of the Channel Island of Guernsey. Jan. 31. 2006 M/T Ece significantly damaged & in danger of sinking -- listing 30 degrees -- crew abandoned vessel -- 12 of 22 crew rescued by UK coastguard helicopter based at Lee-on-Solent & another 10 by the St Peter Port lifeboat from Guernsey. The vessel subsequently sank the following day the 1st Feb 2006. | |
| Echunga SS | Torpedoed by a submarine on 05/09/1917 | |
| Ecuador | Built in 1940 in Götaverken(Sweden) for Axel-Axelson johnson Rederi A/B Stockholm. Was on her way from Buenos Aires through Rotterdam and then Stockholm. Ran aground in the night 28/29-02-1956. Tried himself to get of the bottom by loosing its oil and then next day with high tide at noon but impossible to get loose. Two tugs (Zuidzee and Holland) tried pulling him off the bank. It didn'y work. Next day rescue ship ''Brandaris'' took off the hole crew. At that moment the Ecuador it broke in two parts...The Ecuador was carrying a load of cotton, wool, coffee, furs and a whole lot more...estimated value: 20milj Nfl. (Arie de Lange:) Het prachtige Zweedse racht/passagiersschip ECUADOR was op weg van Buenos Aires naar Stockholm toen het door een vergissing van de Zweedse roerganger strandde bij Terschelling. De Noordzeeloods had als koers opgegeven ET 8 (ET eight), een vaarwaterboei en de roerganger verstond eighty eight (88) en dacht dat daarmee graden bedoeld werden en ging dwars uit de Terschellinger gronden in. De kapitein weigerde aanvankelijk hulp van een sleepboot, maar toen er een storm opstak was hij at te laat. Het schip brak al snel in twee stukken en ging geheel verloren. Rederij Doeksen van Terschelling zag kans met duikers nog een groot deel der lading te bergen. De gehele opbouw van het schip werd in de jaren daarna door bergers van het schip afgesloopt en verdween naar de hoogovens. | |
| Edale SS | [Tony Allen:]Edale, 3,110grt, 1 May 1915, 45 miles NW by W from Scilly Isles, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Edam SS | [Michael Tolhuisen] SS Edam II; 1883; HAL, Rotterdam; 3.130 tons; 100m; 1.500 hp; 10kn; was sunk after collision in fog with British SS Turkistan 15 miles SE from Eddystone. | |
| Eden HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Eden, British, River class Destroyer. Collision with SS France in the English Channel. | |
| Eden SS | [Tony Allen:]Eden, Built in 1897 as a Steamship 1.446 tons. Dimensions: 246x34.2x17.2 feet. Powered by a compound inverted engine. Single screw. Has one deck with a raised quarter deck 97 feet aft. Forecastle 32 feet and four bulkheads. On route from Tyne to Rouen carrying coal. Torpedoed by a German submarine 10 miles off Worthing. | |
| Edenwood SS | [Tony Allen:]Edenwood SS sank after collision with 11,660 tons HMS Derbyshire, near the Nab Tower. She was carrying a cargo of coal. | |
| Edgehill HMS | [Tony Allen:]Lost in the Western Approaches to the English Channel. Built as motor merchant West Lynn, 4.702 grt, 1931 renamed Willamette Valley for Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff. 17 September 1939 requisitioned by the RN and converted to a decoy ship, commissioned as special service vessel HMS Edgehill. Built 1928 Napier & Miller Ltd, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow. Decoy ship (Special Service Vessel) - steam Armament 9 x 4 inch - 4 x torpedo tubes The vessel was deployed as a so called 'Q ship' and had concealed armament. Looking externally like a merchant, the idea of a 'Q-ship' was to lure a submarine into a trap. In WWI 'Q-ships' has some degree of success and in 1939 several merchant ships were again taken up for the role. In WWII however they never had a chance to prove themselves and in June 1941 the last of the 'Q-ships' returned to trade. Edgehill carried a 'buoyant cargo' to help her keep afloat when hit. The first torpedo from U-51 hit amidships, stopped the ship but did not sink her due to her buoyant cargo. U-51 then surfaced and fired a coup-de-grâce at 01:06 CET. The ship nevertheless stayed afloat and U-51 was forced to fire a third torpedo at 01:24 CET. This hit caused the vessel to sink slowly by the stern. | |
| Edirne SS | Hit a reef off Burhou and was abandoned. Later floated free but sank under tow. Was carrying cattle cake. 3.619 tons L 102.4m B 14.9m D 6.4m. Date of sinking 30-1-1950. | |
| Edward Dawson SS | [Wim Klippel:] Edward Dawson by M. Lennard & Sons; 1890; Armstrong, Mitchell & Co; 1.907 tons; 265x37x23.4; 169 nhp; triple expansion engines. The British tanker Edward Dawson ran aground and burnt out on Zoutlande bank, mouth of river Scheldt, on October 1st 1911, while carrying petroleum from Novorossik to Rotterdam. [Arie De Lange:] Foto's van de Edward Dawson toen die in brand stond; deze opnames werden door mij recent op een rommelmarkt gevonden.! [André Cijvat:]The name is Edward Dawson and not Edward Dawnson ! The original pictures of the burning Edward Dawson are from my private collection. | |
| Eem SS | [Michael Tolhuisen] SS Eem was requisisioned by the Germans when she was sunk by a mine near Borkum on July 12th, 1944. | |
| Eemdyk SS | [Didier De Waele:] Eemdyk SS; ex-Oceanos; 6.180 gross tons; 4.548 net tons; 126,64x16,41x10,82m; triple expansion engines; 2.500 hp; 10,5 knots; 1912 by Wm. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartpool. Eemdyk SS was en route from Buenos Aires to Copenhagen, when she sunk on September 23rd 1915, after hitting two mines. | |
| Effingham HMS | [Mike Naylor:]Cavendish Class Heavy Cruiser, built by Portsmouth Dock Yard Laid Down 6 April 1917. Launched 8 June 1921. Completed 2 July 1925. Struck a rock in the Narvik area 18 May 1940 during the Norwegian campaign becoming a total loss. Sunk by gunfire on 21 May.In 1937 Effingham was extensively modernised and re-armed as a light cruiser. Her two funnels were trunked into one, unraked, to give her an appearance remarkedly similar to that of the ''Leander'' Class light cruisers. Effingham served as flagship of the 4th Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies between 1925 and 1932. On her return home she was recommissioned on 20 September 1932 as flagship VA Reserve Fleet, and spent most of the prewar years in reserve status. She was a unit of the 12th Cruiser Squadron at the outbreak of war, and served in the Northern Patrol prior to escorting North Atlantic convoys before the end of 1939. She transported £2 million in gold to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in November. As one of the few ships of the Northern Patrol with good endurance, she was ordered into the Atlantic to join the hunting groups formed when it was suspected that German raiders were at sea; the precise task for which she had been designed 25 years earlier. She moved to the North Sea in April 1940 for the Norwegian campaign, and survived at attack by U-38. She was employed in shelling enemy positions in and around Narvik until May, but while running reinforcements to Bodo she struck an isolated rock in the Narvik area on 18 May, becoming a total loss. The wreck was sunk by gunfire on 21 May. Although the rock was on the chart, it was obscured by the navigator's pencilled track, and the ship was dead on course ! [Yvan Verkempinck:] EFFINGHAM HMS, British Navy, cruiser; 1925; Portsmouth Dockyard; 9,770 tons; 605x58x20-5; 65,000 i.h.p.; 30-5 knots; turbine engines; Yarrow boilers; nine 6 in. guns, four 4 in., four 3pdr., two 2pdr., 11 m.g. The cruiser Effingham, Capt. J. M. Howson, was conveying the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers and other troops from Ankenes to Bodo in Norway, during the brief campaign in that country. On May 18th, 1940, when within one hour's steaming of her destination, the cruiser struck an uncharted rock and became a total loss. There were no casualties among the ship's company or the troops, and much of the military equipment was transferred to small craft and taken to Bodo. | |
| Effra SS | Built 1910 as Broompark; On 17th April 1941 she was torpedoed by German E-boats, who also sunk Nereus SS; | |
| Egda SS | [Tony Allen:]S/S EGDA, owner J. L. Mowinckel in Bergen, sunk by a torpedo on the 7th January 1918 in pos aprox. 15 nm E off Tuskar Rock, sailing from Bergen to Barry. Total crew 23 men, one man drowned: Sunk by U-110. | |
| Egret HMS | British Navy Sloop; 1938; J.S. White & Co; 1.200 tons; 276x37.5x8.3; 3.600 shp; 19.25 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; eight 4 in A.A. guns; 5 smaller. This sloop has the unfortunate distinction of being the first warship to be sunk by a guided missile. While on anti-submarine duties in the Bay of Biscay, she was attacked by 13 Dornier aircraft one of which released a 293A guided bomb. The ship exploded violently and was immediately destroyed, with the loss of 194 men. (these sloops were like destroyers, but especially made to hunt u-boots, | |
| Eidvold SS | [Tony Allen:]Eidvold SS was torpedoed by German Destroyer Anton Schmitt off Norway. | |
| Eikhaug SS | [Tony Allen:]Delivered from Nylands mek. Verksted, Oslo in Aug.-1903 as D/S Brio for A/S D/S Bonheur (Fred. Olsen), Oslo. Purchased by A/S Eikhaug (Ditlef Rasmussen) Haugesund, in January 1930, renamed Eikhaug. Taken over by O. A. Knutsen in May 1935, manager became Knut Knutsen O.A.S. from 1938 (231.6 x 32.1 x 20.9; triple Exp. Nyland, 109 nhp). Torpedoed by the fast attack boat S-52 (Karl Müller) of the 4th Flotilla in the early morning hours of September 7th 1941 while on a voyage in convoy from Southend to Grangemouth with a cargo of 1745 tons cement (loaded at Cliffe), having departed Southend the day before. | |
| Eileen M | [Tony Allen:]Eileen M was 323 tons and 136 feet in length. | |
| El Argentino SS | [Tony Allen:]El Argentino, 6.809grt, defensively-armed merchantship, 26 May 1916, 7 miles SE by S from Southwold, East Anglia, mined and sunk. | |
| El Dorado SS | Built 1883; Sunk on 15th July 1923, in collision with Spanish steamer Begona SS, which also sank. | |
| El Oso SS | [Tony Allen:]El Oso was a British Steam Tanker built in 1921 and owned by BOWRING & CO LTD. LOBITOS OILFIELDS LTD. She was on route from LOBITOS and HALIFAX for ELLESMERE PORT, UK carrying 9238 tons crude oil, 511 tons casinghead gasoline when she was mined by U-30 6 miles 280 degrees form the BAR LIGHT VESSEL, LIVERPOOL. | |
| El Sonador | [Tony Allen:]El Sonador. Torpedoed off the Shetland Islands with a loss of 17 crew. | |
| El Zorro | [Tony Allen:]On the 28 December 1915, 10 miles S from Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, ""El Zorro"" was captured by a submarine and sunk by a torpedo, 2 lives lost. | |
| Elbe MV | Elbe, 500 brt, 70m, coaster, German coaster from Hamburg. The Elbe sunk on March 26th, 1978 after her cargo moved in heavy weather conditions. One crewmember was lost. | |
| Elbe SS | Norddeutscher Lloyd; 1881; John Elder & Co; 4.510 tons; 418.2x44.9x35.4; 17.5 knots; compound engines. The liner Elbe, Capt. Von Gossel, left Bremershaven at 3 p.m. Jan 29th, 1895 bound for New York. She had 354 person on board. The weather was exceptionally severe and there was a heavy sea, but the night was clear and very dark. She discharged rockets at intervals to warn for her presence when at 5.30am January 30th, the small steamship Crathie was sighted. Crathie didn't alter course and struck Elbe with terriic force on port side, abaft the engine room. Twenty minutes after the collision, Elbe sunk, taking 334 with her. The only boat lowered contained 20 persons, of whom one was a woman and 15 members of the crew !! Crathie didn't make any attempt to ascertain if her assistance was required, but made for Rotterdam. See also story (elbe.html NL) | |
| Elbing | [Tony Allen:]Elbing, German, Pillau class Light Cruiser. Lost in the Battle of Jutland. | |
| Eleanor SS | [Wk]Eleanor Steamship cpy; 1888; H.S. Edwards & Sons; 1.980 tons; 270x26.5x19.7 ft; 186 n.h.p.; 8.5 knots; triple expansion engines. The steamship Eleanor was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine nine miles West by S 1/2 S of St Catherine's point on February 12th, 1918. The captain and the crew of 34 were killed. | |
| Elena R SS | [Tony Allen:]Elena R SS was 370'x53'. Was originally called the Munindies. She struck a mine whilst on route to Antwerp. | |
| Elenor SS | Elenor was a Greek steamer of 4.500 tons, 110m sunk in 1939. | |
| Elewoutsdijk | On 30th December 1915, Ellewoutsdyk (1906-2.229) was on her way from Rotterdam to Portland, when she hit a mine, half a mile eastwards of the lightship Galloper. The mine was laid there by UC-10. More info: ''De verliezen van de Nederlandse Koopvaardij in de eerste wereldoorlog''; L.L. Von Munching | |
| Elford SS | Steamer of 1.739 tons. Sunk: Hit mine 1917. | |
| Elfrida (+1959) | [Tony Allen:]Elfrida; 1.600 tons; 263x42; Built in 1926 as the ILSE L-M RUSS, for Ernst Russ, Hamburg. In 1945 she was seized by Allies at Kiel and renamed EMPIRE CONQUERORand requisioned as MOWT. In 1946 she was renamed EKORNES, and purchased by the Norwegian Government. In 1947 she was renamed ELFRIDA and purchased by Bjorn Tetlie, Norway. On the 10.12.59 capsized and sank after leak at 58°09N 03°30E | |
| Elfrida SS (+1915) | [Tony Allen:]Elfrida was a 2,624grt, Merchantship. On the 7 January 1915 when 2 miles ENE from Scarborough she was mined and sunk. | |
| Eli Knudsen | [Tony Allen:]Owner: D/S A/S Jeanette Skinner; M/T Eli Knudsen; Delivered in Nov.-1925 from Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Glasgow as O. A. Knudsen to D/S A/S Jeanette Skinner, Haugesund. 470' x 62.2' x 35.3', 2 x 6-cyl. 4tev Kincaid B & W, 3400 bhp, 11 knots, 2 propellers. Renamed Eli Knudsen in April-1937, when a new ship being built in Hamburg was taking over the name O. A. Knudsen. Eli Knudsen departed Aruba on May 31-1940 with a cargo of 1300 tons diesel and fuel oil for Gt. Britain via Bermuda for convoy, arriving the latter on June 5, leaving again on June 8. Torpedoed by U-32 (Jenisch) on June 22-1940, position 50 36N 08 44W. Eli Knudsen had sailed in convoy HX 49 (ref. link above), which on June 21 had been given the order by the Commodore to disperse and continue according to the secret positions stipulated by the Admiralty, after the British tanker San Fernando had been torpedoed (U-47) in the middle of the convoy on June 21, approx. 100 n. miles southwest of Cape Clear. Eli Knudsen, one of the slowest ships in the convoy found herself alone on the ocean around midnight that night, and was torpedoed in the early hours of the following morning. The torpedo struck in the foreship on the starboard side, sending flames and smoke high in the air, while water, oil and iron plates flew in all directions. The crew of 37 was rescued from 2 lifeboats just a few hours later by HMS Sandwich and landed in Liverpool the next day. Eli Knudsen remained afloat and an attempt was made the next day by the British tanker Corinda to tow her to port, but she sank on June 24, position 50 36N 07 51W. | |
| Elisabethville SS | Cie Belge Maritime du Congo; 1910; A.Stephen & Sons; 7.017 tons; 415x55.2x25.6; 568 nhp; quadruple expansion engines. The Belgian steamship Elisabethville was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine UC-71 in the Bay of Biscay on September 6th, 1917. | |
| Elise Schulte SS | (not sure) Atlas Reederei A.G.; 1911; Cant.Nav.Riuniti; 5.238 tons; 379x51.3x27.7; 335 nhp; triple expansion engines. On a voyage from Lulea to Emden with a cargo of ore, the German steamship Elise Schulte went ashore pn October 8th, 1934 on the Juister Riff and broke amidships | |
| Elizabeth Eleanor | [Tony Allen:]Elizabeth Eleanor was a sailing vessel of 169grt and a British Merchant ship. On the 13th March 1917 when 77 miles NW by W ½ W from Trevose Head, North Cornwall she was captured by submarine and sunk by gunfire. | |
| Elk HMS | [HSAC:]181 ton former Grimsby fishing trawler, built 1902. Requisitioned as minesweeper in WWI and as dan (marker buoy) layer in WWII. 108ftx19ft. Armed. Sunk: 27 November, 1940, by hitting sea mine dropped by German aircraft near the Penlee Point entrance to Plymouth Sound. All saved. [Willy Geens:]Walvisvaarder die in WWI en WWII als escorte of mijnenveger gebruikt is door de Engelse marine. Ook gebruikt voor de bestrijding van duikboten. Het schip was uitgerust met een 102mm kanon. Was ingedeeld als Korvet Flower klasse. | |
| Ella | 3 masts. | |
| Ella SS | [Rik Kaspersen:] een Noorse vrachtboot, de s/s Ella uit Kongsberg. Dit schip werd op 5 december 1916 door een Duitse onderzeeboot op de Noordzee tot zinken gebracht, onderweg van Gothenburg naar Goole (UK). Volgens de bemanning bevonden zij zich op het moment van het tot zinken brengen op 56gr 49 min N en 5gr 44 m O. | |
| Ellen M | [Tony Allen:]This wreck has now been identified as the Motor Vessel ELLEN M built in 1938 by J Koster Hzn. Schpsw, ""Gideon"" Groningen (Yard No.166) for Metcalf Motor Coasters (T J Metcalf) and was a vessel of 498grt. And had a length of 156ft and a beam of 27¼ft British Ship No.166579. She left Immingham with a cargo of coal on the 1st February 1940 and was torpedoed without warning by the German submarine U-59. Considered as being ""Lost Without Trace"" by the Admiralty as no bodies or wreckage was washed ashore. 7 crew and 2 DEMS gunners were lost. | |
| Ellen M | [Tony Allen:]Ellen M was a British Motor Vessel carrying a cargo of coal from IMMINGHAM 01 February 1940 for LONDON when she was torpedoed by U-59. 7 crew and 2 gunners lost. | |
| Ellis Pontos | Ellis Pontos was Greek ship of 2.988 tons, built in 1906 for the National Steam Navigation Compagnie Ltd in Andros. On 18th April 1915, she was on the way from Ymuiden to Montevideo with cargo, when she was torpedoed on her starboard side by UB-4 at 06:30 hrs. The crew managed to escape in dingies to the lightship Noordhinder. A second explosion was heard later, when she finally went down. | |
| Elmcrest SS | [Tony Allen:]Elmcrest SS. Torpedoed by E Boat off the Shambles, English Channel. | |
| Elmsgarth SS | [Tony Allen:]Elmsgarth SS, a 3.503 tons defensively armed merchantman was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine on 29 September 1917, 50 miles NW ½ W from Tory Island, Co Donegal, Ireland. | |
| Elna E | [Tony Allen:]Elna E. Built in Bergen 1925. Elna E left Cardiff in the morning of March 15-1941 for Barry Roads in order to correct her compasses, then continued on her voyage to Plymouth just after noon, following courses given by the Admiralty, passing Scarweather lightship at 15:35. Lundy Island and Hartland Point were later passed without being seen as the visibility was not very good for the rest of the day. She had a cargo of coal. They had been instructed by the Admiralty to pass Lands End at a certain time of day on March 16, and as they were making good time her speed was reduced at 01:00 that morning. About 5 minutes later, when 10-12 n. miles off Crackington Haven, Cornwall she struck a mine, the explosion occurring forward followed by a heavy spout of water gushing over the ship, and she started to sink by the bow. | |
| Elorn | [Tony Allen:]Elorn was built by Cragg & Sons and previously called Torwood. She was torpedoed by UC-65 and sunk in the mouth of the Somme. | |
| Elpis | [Tony Allen:]Elpis; 878 tons; 203x33x14 dt; Built in 1941 as a Coaster. Requisioned by MOWT. In 1946 she was renamed ANGULARITY and purchased by F.T.Everard & Sons, London. In 1967 she was renamed ELPIS and purchased by G.Tzortzis, Greece. On the 22th January 1968 she sprang leak and sank at 53°35N 05°51E. | |
| Elsa Essberger | German merchant ship of 146m | |
| Elsa SS | [Tony Allen:]Elsa SS. Torpedoed by UB-31 whilst carrying a cargo of coal. | |
| Elsie | (not sure) Rederi A/B Fram; 1882; J. Readhead & Co; 1.410 tons; 259.1x36.1x16.3; 135 nhp; compound engines. On a voyage from Viipuri to Zaandam with a cargo of timber the Finnish ship Elsie went ashore November 12th, 1939, on the North Grounds of Terschelling Island and broke her back. | |
| Elterwater SS | [Tony Allen:]Elterwater was a 1,228grt, Mecrhantship. On the 16 December 1914, 3 miles E from Scarborough she was mined and sunk, 6 lives lost. | |
| Ely | Costarican cargo; 120m; 4.123 tons. Capsized on 31st January 1959, while in tow, after a collision in front of Dunkerque. | |
| Emerald SS | [Tony Allen:]Emerald SS, steamship built in 1912 and was 806 tons. Dimensions: 59.5x9.1 metres. Was on passage from Middleborough to Pool when torpedoed. | |
| Emeraude SS | Gebouwd voor Argentinië onder de naam SAN LORENZO voor de rederij L. Carzoglio, Buenos Aires, Argentinië. Van 1908-1911 eigendom van Durisch & Co. Ltd., Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië.en herdoopt tot GAUCHO. In 1911 eigendom van Emprez. Braz. de Navig., Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië en herdoopt tot RIO PARDO. In oktober 1918 door de Duitsers tot zinken gebracht in de haven van Zeebrugge. In 1919 gelicht door de Belgische staat en in 1920 verkocht aan rederij John Cockerill, Antwerpen, hersteld en herdoopt tot EMERAUDE. . Het schip had een lengte van 65 meter, een breedte van 9,5 meter en een waterverplaatsing van 613 ton. Op 2 juli 1945 is ze in aanvaring gekomen met het wrak van de voordien gezonken Empire Path toen ze op weg was van Londen naar Gent. Niettegenstaande het wrak van de Empire Path op de zeekaarten stond aangegeven en met een boei gemarkeerd was, voer de Emeraude er recht op en kapseizde met 3 bemanningsleden nog aan boord. | |
| Emile Deschamps | [Tony Allen:]Emile Deschamps. Involved in operation Dynamo when it struck a mine in the North Sea in the North Foreland region. | |
| Emily Eveson SS | Ran aground & broke her back in Clonque bay. Extensively salvaged as she dried totally at low water. | |
| Emma | [Tony Allen:]Emma was a sailing vessel, 73grt. On 5th September 1917, 8 miles N by W from Sept Iles, she was captured by a submarine and subsequently sunk by gunfire. | |
| Emmanuel | [Martien Slaats:]Vissersboot van 60 ton op een mijn gelopen, 3 manschappen vonden de dood. | |
| Empire Beatrice SS | [Diving Sussex:]British steamer of 7064 ton, sunk on 26th July 1944 after being torpedoed by E-Boat. | |
| Empire Bittern | [Tony Allen:]Bittern was built in 1902, In 1902 she was renamed IOWA, and purchased by Furness Warren Ltd. Sold in 1913 and renamed BOHEMIA, by the Hamburg America Line. In 1917 Seized by US Government. and renamed ARTEMIS, US Shipping Board. In 1940 she was EMPIRE BITTERN, MOWT 23.7.44 Sunk as blockship at Normandy landings. | |
| Empire Blessing | [Martien Slaats:]Empire Blessing was een MOWT schip in 1945 op een mijn gelopen. Volgens Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap zijn er bergwerkzaamheden geweest tussen 21-6-2002 en 31-8-2002. | |
| Empire Brigade | [Tony Allen:]Empire Brigade was built in 1912 as the HANNINGTON COURT, for the Court Line, London. In 1936 she was renamed ELIOS, and purchased by Achille Lauro & Co, Naples. On 10.6.40 she was seized by Britain at Naples and renamed as EMPIRE BRIGADE, as MOWT. One the 18.10.40 Torpedoed and sunk by U.99 at 57.12N 10.43W | |
| Empire Broadsword | [Tony Allen:]The Empire Broadsword was 7.177 tons 396 x 60 feet and was built in 1943 as an infantry landing ship. She was laid down as the CAPE MARSHALL, completed as - 1943 EMPIRE BROADSWORD, became MOWT managed by Cunard White Star Line. On 2nd July 1944 mined and sunk off Normandy. 49.25N 00.54W. | |
| Empire Caribou | [Tony Allen:]Empire Caribou was 5.174 tons. Dimensions 415x56 feet as built in 1919 as the WATERBURY, for the US Shipping Board, New York. In 1921 she was renamed NORTHERN STAR, and purchased by the American Star Line Inc, New York. In 1923 she was renamed DEFACTO, and purchased by the American Sugar Transit Corp, New York. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE CARIBOU, and requisioned as MOWT and managed by Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons. On the 10.5.41 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-556 at 59°28N 35°44W posn. is PA. | |
| Empire Citizen | [Tony Allen:]Empire Citizen was 4683tons. Dimensions 361x50feet and built in 1922 as the WAHEHE, for the Woermann Line, Hamburg. On the 21.2.40 captured by R.N off Iceland and renamed EMPIRE CITIZEN for the MOWT managed by P.Henderson & Co. On the 3rd February 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U-107 at 58°12N 23°22W | |
| Empire Claire | [Tony Allen:]Empire Claire was 5.613tons. Dimensions 397x51.4 feet and built in 1919 as the CLAN MATHESON, for the Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow. In 1948 she was renamed HARMODIUS, and purchased by the Houston Line Ltd, Glasgow. In 1951 she was renamed CLAIRE T, and purchased by the Heron SS Co, London. In 1953 she was purchased by the Romney SS Co, London. In 1955 she was renamed EMPIRE CLAIRE, and purchased by the Ministry of Transport. On the 27.9.55 Scuttled with war materials at 56°30N 12°00W. | |
| Empire Commerce | [Tony Allen:]Empire Commerce; 3.857 tons; 360x50x24 ft; Built in 1928 as the GOODLEIGH, for Dulverton SS Co (W.J.Tatem) In 1937 she was renamed CHRISTOPH VAN DOORNUM, and purchased by Fisser & V.Doornum, Emden. On the 4.9.39 she was seized by Canada at Botwood, New Foundland. In 1940 she was EMPIRE COMMERCE and requisioned as MOWT and managed by Furness Withy & Co. On the 9.6.40 she was mined off Margate, English Channel and beached - total loss. | |
| Empire Conveyor | [Tony Allen:]Empire Conveyor; 5.896 tons; 400x51.6ft: Built in 1917 as the FARNWORTH, for the Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle. In 1924 she was renamed ILLINOIS, and purchased by the Harlem SS Co, Newcastle. In 1926 Cie Generale Transatlantique, le Havre. In 1934 she was renamed MOUNT PENTELIKON, and purchased by Kulukundis Bros, Piraeus. In 1939 she was renamed GLORIA, and purchased by Orion Schiffahrts GmbH, Rostock. on the 21.10.39 she was captured by HMS SHEFFIELD off Iceland and in 1940 she was EMPIRE CONVEYOR, Ministry of Shipping managed by H. Hogarth & Sons. On the 20.6.40 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-122 at 56°16N 08°10W | |
| Empire Conyngham | [Tony Allen:]Empire Conyngham; 1.408 tons; 242x36 ft; Built in 1899 as the MARIE,for Flensburger Dmpf. Co (H. Schuldt, manager), Flensburg. In 1933 she was renamed NORBURG, and purchased by Ozean Damps AG, Germany. In 1925 she was renamed GAUJA and purchased by the Latvian Government. In 1941 she was captured by German Navy and in 1942 was renamed FRIEDRICH, and purchased by Otto Wiggers, Rostock. In 1945 she was seized by Allies and named the EMPIRE CONYNGHAM and requisioned as MOWT. In 1949 she was scuttled in position 47°52N 08°51W with cargo of bombs. | |
| Empire Crusader SS | Empire Crusader; 1.042 tons; 224x33 ft; Built in 1925 as the LEANDER, for the Neptun Line, Bremen. On the 9th November 1939, she was captured by HMS IRIS off Vigo, Spain. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE CRUSADER and requisioned as MOWT and managed by Constantine SS Co. On the 8th August 1940, she was bombed and sunk off Isle of Wight. | |
| Empire Dorado | [Tony Allen:]Dorado; 5.527 tons; 410x54.2 ft; Built in 1920 as the TOLOSA, for the US Shipping Board, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. 1937 US Maritime Commission, Portsmouth, NH. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE DORADO and requisioned as MOWT and managed by Runciman Ltd. On the 22th November 1941 she sank in tow at 57°58N 20°38W after collision with Greek s/s THEOMITOR. | |
| Empire Eland | [Tony Allen:]Empire Eland ;5.620 tons; 410x54.2; Built in 1920 as the WEST KEDRON, for the US Shipping Board, Los Angeles, USA. In 1928 she was purchased by the American West African Line (Barber SS Co), New York. In 1933 she was purchased by the US Shipping Board, New York. In 1937 transferred to the US Maritime Commission, New York. In 1940 she was renamed the EMPIRE ELAND and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Douglas & Ramsey. On the 15th September 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-94 at approx. 54°00N 28°00W | |
| Empire Endurance | [Tony Allen:]Empire Endurance; 8.570 tons; 513x64; Built in 1928 as the ALSTER for North German Lloyd, Bremen. In 10.4.40 she was captured by R.N at Vestfjord and renamed EMPIRE ENDURANCE and requisioned by the MOWT and managed by Booth Line. On the 20th April 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-73 at 53°05N 23°14W | |
| Empire Faith | [Michael Tolhuisen:] British Catapult Aircraft Merchantman(CAM) ship; 7061 tons; 131x 17.5; | |
| Empire Gunner | [Tony Allen:]Empire Gunner; 4.492 tons; 370x52 ft; Built in 1906 as the STRATHEARN, for Burrell & Son, Glasgow. In 1919 she was purchased by the General Maritime Trust Ltd. In 1924 she was renamed the CONSTANTINOS and purchased by P.C.Lemos, Greece. In 1925 she was renamed KOSTANTIS LEMOS by the same owner. In 1928 she was renamed DANAOS and purchased by Constantine & Lemos, Greece. In 1939 she was renamed MOSCARDIN, and purchased by Soc.di Nav.Polena, Genoa. On the 10.6.40 she was captured by Britain at sea and renamed EMPIRE GUNNER and requisioned as MOWT. On the 7th September 1941 she was bombed and sunk 52°08N 05°18W | |
| Empire Harry SS | [Diving Sussex:]Tug, sunk June 1945. Ran on the rocks in fog and gale force winds, towing two laden US Army barges from Falmouth. The two lighters broke free and ended up in pieces on the Bolt.[Tony Allen:]The Empire Harry was a victim of the strange combination of gale and fog. She was towing two laden US Army barges from Falmouth to Antwerp in June 1945, when she ran on the rocks of Beacon Point at 50 14 59; 03 51 42W. The two lighters broke free and ended up in pieces on the Bolt Tail. The 19 crew of the tug were saved by the Salcombe lifeboat from the wreck some 400 yards offshore. | |
| Empire Heritage SS | [Tony Allen:]Empire Heritage SS was built in 1930 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne. 508'x72.5'x50.5'. Torpedoed on route from New York to Liverpool by U-482 with the loss of 113 lives. Was carrying oil and Tanks. | |
| Empire Heron | [Tony Allen:]Empire Heron; 6.034 tons; 403x53 ft; Built in 1920 as the MOSELLA, for the US Shipping Board, San Francisco. In 1937 she was transferred to the US Maritime Commission, San Francisco. In 1941 she was renamed the EMPIRE HERON and requisioned as MOWT and managed by A. Weir & Co. On the 15th October 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-568 at 54°55N 27°15W | |
| Empire Jaguar | [Tony Allen:]Empire Jaguar; 5.654 tons; 400x54.5 ft; Built in 1919 as the EASTERN GLADE, for the US Shipping Board, Seattle. In 1927 she was purchased by the American South African Line, New York. In 1935 she was purchased by the Postal SS Corp, New York. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE JAGUAR and requisioned as MOWT and managed by Sir W. Reardon Smith & Sons. On the 9th December 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 at 51°34N 17°35W | |
| Empire Javelin | [Tony Allen:]Empire Javelin; 7.177 tons; 396x60 ft; Built in 1944 as Landing Ship (Infantry)as the CAPE LOBOS and completed in 1944 as the EMPIRE JAVELIN. She was requisioned by MOWT. On the 28th December 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-772 at 50°05N 01°00W | |
| Empire Lark | [Tony Allen:]Empire Lark; 4.971 tons; 408x54 ft; Built in 1921 as the MARTHA HEMSOF, for R.M.Sloman & Co., Hamburg. In 1926 she was renamed KIRSTEN MILES, and purchased by Hanseatische Reederei, Hamburg. In 1939 she was Interned at Las Palmas. In 1945 she surrendered to Britain and was renamed EMPIRE LARK and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Sir R.Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool. On the 27th July 1947 she was scuttled with cargo of chemical ammunition at 47°55N 08°25W. | |
| Empire Merchant | [Tony Allen:]Empire Merchant; 4.864 tons; 399x53 ft; Built in 1938 as the POMONA, for F.Laeisz, Hamburg. On the 3.9.39 she was seized at London and renamed EMPIRE MERCHANT and requisioned by MOWT. On the 16th August 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 at 55°23N 13°24W | |
| Empire Merlin | [Tony Allen:]Merlin; 5.680 tons; 410x54.2 ft; Built in 1919 as the WEST ISLETA, for the US Shipping Board, Seattle. In 1926 purchased by the American South African Line, New York. In 1940 she was renamed the EMPIRE MERLIN and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Sir.R.Ropner & Co On the 25th August 1940, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 at 58°30N 10°15W. | |
| Empire Mermaid | [Tony Allen:]Empire Mermaid; 6.319 tons; 402x54.9 ft; Built in 1919 as the ENDICOTT, for US Shipping Board, Seattle. In 1933 she was purchased by Lykes Bros - Ripley SS Co, Lake Charles. In 1938 she was transferred to Lyjes Bros SS Co, Lake Charles. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE MERMAID and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Lyle Shipping Co. On the 28th March 1941, she sank at 57°33N 12°43W after being bombed on 26th March 1941. | |
| Empire Miniver | [Tony Allen:]Miniver; 5724; 410x54.2 ft; Built in 1918 as the WEST COBALT, for the US Shipping Board, Portland, Oregan, USA. In 1918-19 she was transferred to the US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service. In 1933 she was purchased by Lykes Bros - Ripley SS Co, Galveston, Texas. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE MINIVER and requisioned by MOWT and managed by A.Weir & Co. On the 18th October 1940, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99 off Rathlin Head, Ireland. | |
| Empire Moose | [Tony Allen:]Empire Moose; 6.071 tons; 403x53.2 ft; Built in 1920 as the COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, for the US Shipping Board, Alexandria, Va. In 1925 she was renamed the OAKWOOD, same owner, Houston, Tex. In 1933 she was purchased by Lykes Bros - Ripley SS Co, Houston. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE MOOSE and was requisioned by MOWT and managed by Runciman Ltd. On the 29th August 1940, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 at 56°06N 13°33W. | |
| Empire Newcomen SS | Torpedoed by a german e-boat. Vessel was used as war ministry transport. | |
| Empire Path SS | [Gordon MumFord:] General cargo ship (6.140 gross tons), built in 1943 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields (Readhead Standard Design). M.O.W.T. (managed by Moller Line (UK) Ltd. Blown in two by a mine in the Scheldt Estuary (51.22 North, 2.52 East) on December 24, 1944. November 11 - December 24, 1944 (lost at sea) Empire Path sailed from London (Tilbury) through the Scheldt to Antwerp, Belgium. After the cargo was unloaded, the ship left on December 24 to return to U.K., but was blown in half by a ratchet mine in the Scheldt Estuary. The survivors were taken into Ostende, and billeted in an army transit camp. Then, on December 27, they boarded an over-crowded LST for the short trip to England. They were fog-bound in the Thames Estuary for three days, and eventually reached London on December 30. See for more info: www.gordonmumford.com [Other Source:] Engels libertyship gebouwd in 1943. Het had een lengte van 147 meter, een breedte van 18,5 meter, een diepgang van 9 meter en een waterverplaatsing van 6140 ton. Het maakte deel uit van konvooi A.T.M. 20 toen het op 24 december 1944 op een mijn voer en onmiddellijk zonk. De scheepsmast bleef boven water steken en werd enkele maanden later het Belgisch vrachtschip SS Emeraude fataal. | |
| Empire Peacock | [Tony Allen:]Empire Peacock; 6.098 tons; 396x55 ft; Built in 1919 as the BELLHAVEN, for the US Shipping Board, Newark. In 1937 transferred to the US Maritime Commission, Newark. In 1941 renamed the EMPIRE PEACOCK and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Royal Mail Lines Ltd. On the 25th August 1946, she was scuttled at 47°55N 08°30W with cargo of gas ammunition. | |
| Empire Ridge SS | [Tony Allen:]Empire Ridge was a steam freighter of 2.922 tons on route from MELILLA for WORKINGTON with a cargo of 3500 tons of iron ore. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-96 and 33 crew lost. | |
| Empire Simba | [Tony Allen:]Empire Simba; 5.647 tons; 410x54.2 ft; Built in 1918 as the WEST COHAS, for the US Shipping Board, Seattle. Transferred in 1918-19 US Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service. in 1933 she was purchased by Lykes Bros, Ripley SS Co, New Orleans. In 1940 she was renambed EMPIRE SIMBA and requisioned by MOWT and managed by A.Weir / Hadley Shipping Co. On the 11th September 1945, she was scuttled at 55°20N 11°00W with cargo of gas ammunition. | |
| Empire Statesman | [Tony Allen:]Empire Statesman; 5.380 tons; 379x51.5 ft; Built in 1920 as the ANSALDO VIII, Societa Nazionale di Navigazione, Genoa. In 1925 she was renamed the ANSALDO OTTAVO, for the same owner. In 1928 she was renamed PELLICE and purchased by Tito Campanella Soc.di.Nav, Genoa. In 1928 she was transferred to Soc.Commerciale di Nav, Genoa. On the 10.6.40 she was seized by Britain at Newcastle-on-Tyne. In 1940 she was renamed EMPIRE STATESMAN and requisioned by the MOWT and managed by W. Runciman & Co. On the 11th December 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-94 at 53°40N 17°00W. | |
| Empire Tamar | [Tony Allen:]Empire Tamar; 6.640 tons; 463x56ft; Built in 1907 as a passenger ship called the KIA ORA, for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1935 she was renamed VERBANIA, and purchased by Achille Lauro & Co, Naples. In 1940 she was taken as prize by Britain at Haifa and renamed in 1941 EMPIRE TAMAR and requisioned by the MOWT. In 1944 she was sunk as blockship off Normandy. | |
| Empire Tarpon | [Tony Allen:]Empire Tarpon; 6.216 tons; 403x53.2 ft; Built in 1920 as the HOPATCONG, for the US Shipping Board, New London, Conn. In 1931 purchased by C. Anderton & Co. In 1931 renamed HARPOON and purchased by Shepard SS Co, Portland, Maine In 1940 renamed EMPIRE TARPON and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Douglas & Ramsey. On the 14th October 1942, she sank in tow at 57°24N 07°45W after being abandoned with engine trouble. | |
| Empire Toucan | [Tony Allen:]Empire Toucan; 4127 tons; 355x52.5 ft; Built in 1920 as the FREEPORT SULPHUR No.5,and owned by the Freeport Sulphur Transportation Co, New York. In 1940 renamed EMPIRE TOUCAN and requisioned by MOWT and managed by Sir W.Reardon Smith & Sons. On the 29th June 1940, she was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by U-47 in position 49°20N 13°52W. | |
| Empire Volunteer | [Tony Allen:]Empire Volunteer; 5.319 tons; 400x52 ft; Built in 1921 as the CANADIAN TRAVELLER, for Canadian Government (Merchant Marine Ltd.), Montreal. In 1932 renamed PROCIDA, for the Achille Lauro & Co, Naples. In 10.6.40 she was seized by Britain at Cardiff and renamed the EMPIRE VOLUNTEER and requisioned by the MOWT. On 15th September 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 at 56°43N 15°17W | |
| Empire Wapping | [Tony Allen:]Empire Wapping; 2.025 tons; 272x40 ft; Built in 1945 as a Collier. Requisioned by MOWT. 1947 MAYSTONE, Thomas Stone Shipping Ltd, Swansea. On 18th October 1949, she sank after collision with HMS ALBION in tow near Longstone Light, Northumberland. | |
| Empire Wind | [Tony Allen:]Empire Wind; 7.459 tons; 426x60x24 ft; Built in 1940. Requisioned by MOWT. On the 13th Novembe 1941, she was bombed and sunk at 53°48N 15°52W | |
| Empire Woodlark | [Tony Allen:]Empire Woodlark; 7.793 tons; 424x55 ft; Built in 1913 as the CONGRESS, for the Pacific Coast SS Co, Seattle, USA. In 1918 renamed NANKING, for China Mail SS Co, New York. In 1923 renamed EMMA ALEXANDER for the Pacific SS Co, Seattle. In 1942 renamed EMPIRE WOODLARK and requisioned by MOWT. In 1946 scuttled with cargo of chemical ammunition at 59°00N 07°40W. | |
| Empress | [Tony Allen:]Empress was 291 tons and 15 metres in length. | |
| Empress of Britain SS | [Tony Allen:]Canadian-Owned (British Registered) Merchant Ship Empress of India was torpedoed by U-32 after being bombed by German aircraft. | |
| Empress of Fort William | [Tony Allen:]Empress of Fort William, 2.181grt, 27 February 1916, 2 miles S from Dover Pier, mined and sunk. | |
| Empress of India | [HSAC:]Empress of India, was a 15.585 ton Royal Sovereign class battleship, built 1891. 380ftx75ft. Four 13.5in, ten 6in, sixteeen 6-pounder guns. Sunk: 4 November, 1913, by shells fired during Royal Navy gunnery tests, holed below waterline, capsized. | |
| Empress Queen | Paddle steamer of 1.995 tons; Builders: Fairfield Ship Building & Engineering Ltd 1897 Propulsion type: paddle compound diagonal; Owners: Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd; Service dates: 1897 - 1916; Tonnage: Gross 2140; Empress Queen was a large steamer and is reputed to have had the heaviest engines and paddle wheels ever fitted to a paddle steamer. She was launched in 1897, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. She achieved speeds of 21.5 knots and was a lengthy as 360 feet. In the First World War she was successful as a troop carrier but was lost through stranding on the Bembridge Ledge off the Isle of Wight in fog on 1 February 1916. It was not possible to get her off and all that remained of this magnificent steamer after 12 months was her twin funnels poking out of the water. | |
| Enda | [Tony Allen:]Enda was 256 tons and 209.8 feet in length. | |
| Endeavour | [Tony Allen:]This ex- trawler was used by the Navy as a boom defence boat. On the March 10th 1918, she hit the boom off Kirkwall and sank. The vessel was 156 tons and built in Glasgow in 1894. | |
| England SS | [Tony Allen:]England was built in 1930 and was a Danish Steam Freighter. She was on route from COPENHAGEN for BLYTH when she was torpedoed by U-20. 20 crew lost and one saved. | |
| Englishman SS | [Tony Allen:]Englishman was a 5.257grt Passenger Ship of the Dominion Line. On the 24th March 1916, 30 miles NE from Malin Head, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo, 10 lives lost. On route from Avonmouth, UK, to Portland, UK. | |
| Enid SS | [Tony Allen:]Enid was built in 1924 and was 1140 tons. Torpedoed and sunk with gunfire 6 nautical miles North of MUCKLE FLUGGA, Shetlands. On route from TRONDHEIM for DUBLIN carrying woodpulp. All crew saved. | |
| Enrico Perodi | [Tony Allen:]When they launched the new steamer from the yard of Osbourne Graham in Sunderland in 1903 she was called King Edgar. The next British owners decided to change the name to Boscombe. Then, just before the start of WW1, she was bought by an Italian shipping firm, which, of course, meant another change of name and she finally went to war as Enrico Parodi. Carried war cargoes of coal from Wales to the Mediterranean for the next two years. Her three-cylinder triple-expansion engines, also built in SunderlandEnrico Perodi ran aground in fog on the 23rd of July 1916 under Gurnards Head. Remaining afloat abaft the engine room, it was possible to get her off the rocks with the tide. Then began the tow to St Ives but this was slow due to continued fog, at 11 p.m. a serious leak had developed and she was abandoned and sank a short distance off the Carracks. | |
| Enterprize | [Tony Allen:]Enterprize was 2.002 tons and 284 feet in length. | |
| Epsilon SS | [Yves Dufeil:]Detonated a mine laid on Jan.22 by german submarine UC-17. Voyage Buenos Ayres to Amsterdam with maize. Owner : N.V. Vrachtvaart Mij. Bothnia (B. J. van Hengel), Amsterdam. | |
| Epsilon SS | B.J. Hengel; 1913; Rotterdam Droogdok Maats; 3.211 tons; 331.7x48.2x22.2; 274 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Dutch steamship Epsilon was on her way from Buenos Aires to Amsterdam, when she struck a mine and sank in the English Channel on January 31st, 1917. The mine was from the german minelaying submarine UC-17. The Epsilon was one of the three ships of the ''Vrachtvaart Maatschappij Bothnia'' that were lost during WWI. Because of the loss, the company was in financial difficulties and was taken over in 1919 by ''Rotterdamse rederij C. Goudriaan.'' | |
| Erato | [Tony Allen:]Erato, 2.041grt, defensively armed, 1 September 1917, 4 miles SE from the Lizard, mined and sunk. | |
| Erik Boye SS (HX-48) | [Tony Allen:]Built in 1924 and owned by SVENDSEN & CHRISTIANSEN. A/S D/S VENDILA. She was on route from QUEBEC for SHARPNESS with 3568 tons of wheat when she was torpedoed by U-38, off Land's End, Cronwall. 22 crew savewd. | |
| Erik Frisell | [Tony Allen:]Erik Frisell was a Swedish Motor Freighter built in 1926 and owned by GRANGESBERG-OXELOSUND, TRAFIKAKTIEBOLAGET. She was on route from BUENOS AIRES for STOCKHOLM but ordered to LIVERPOOL carrying fodder when she was torpedoed by U-37. All 34 crew saved. | |
| Ermenilda | [Tony Allen:]Ermenilda, sailing vessel, 94grt, 4 August 1916, 24 miles SSW from Portland Bill, captured by submarine, sunk by bomb. | |
| Erne HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1903; Palmer & Co; 550 tons; 225x23.5x12; 7.000 ihp; 25.5 knots; triple expansion engines; Reed boilers; four 12pdr guns; 2 T.T. This River class destroyer was wrecked when she ran aground on Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in bad weather, February 6th, 1915. Her official complement was 70. There was, however, no loss of life and the wreck was later broken up in situ. | |
| Ernest Legouve | [Tony Allen:]Ernest Legouve. Steel sailing ship of 2246 tons, torpedoed in 1917. | |
| Ernst Kühling SS | Sunk by torpedo attack from British MTB on 25th Nov 1941. | |
| Ernst von Briesen V-1106 | [Johannes Veldkamp :] Dit wrak ?53°35 883N-06°07 617E heeft de naam: Ernst von Briesen (V-1106 = 6de boot van de 11de flotillen) een Duitse Vorpostboot met een lengte van ongeveer 55 meter. gezonken door een RAF torpedo vliegtuig op 18-05-1943. Foto: dit is de Heinrich von Bueren. Een schip uit dezelfde serie. | |
| Eros SS | [Tony Allen:]Eros was a 1,122grt, defensively-armed steamer. On the 17 August 1918, 2 miles NE by N from Filey Brig, Yorkshire, UK, was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 7 lives lost including Master. | |
| Eskdale | Norwegian Navy destroyer; 1942; British Isles; 1.025 tons; 280x29x7.7; 19.000 shp; 27.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4 in guns; two 20mm A.A. The destroyer Eskdale was build for the Royal Army but waas lent to Norway. She was torpedoed and sunk by a German torpedo boat (MTB) on April 14th, 1943, off the Lizard, Cornwall while escorting a convoy. | |
| Eskmere SS | [Tony Allen:]Eskmere SS, a 2.293 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on October 13th 1917, 15 miles WNW from South Stack,Anglesy, Wales. 20 lives lost including Master. | |
| Espagne SS | Espagne SS; Armement Adolf Deppe; 1909; Chant. Nav. Anversois; 1.463 tons; 235.5x36.1x12.3; 150 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Belgian steamship Espagne was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine (UC-71) in the English Channel on December 25th, 1917. | |
| Essonite SS | [Tony Allen:]Essonite was a 589grt, Britsih Merchant ship. On the 1st February 1917 when 3 miles NNW from Trevose Head, North Cornwall, Uk she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 10 lives lost. | |
| Eston SS | [Tony Allen:]Eston SS was built in 1919 | |
| Estrella SS | [Tony Allen:]Estrella was a 1,740grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 5 March 1918 when 5 miles S ½ W from Shipwash Light Vessel she hit a mine and sank. 20 lives lost. | |
| Etal Manor SS | [Tony Allen:]Etal Manor SS, 1.875 grt, 19 September 1917, 7 miles S by W from Hook Point, Waterford, Ireland. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost including Master. | |
| Etendard | French Navy destroyer; 1908; France; 335 tons; 196.8x21.7x11.5; 6.400 hp; 30 knots; turbine engines; Normand boilers; one 9 pdr gun; four 6 pdr; 2 T.T. The french destroyer Etendard was in action with German destroyers off Dunkirk on April 25th, 1917. She was hit and sunk by torpedoes. Her normal complement was 71. | |
| Ethel | [Tony Allen:]Ethel was an Iron barque, 556 tons. London to Brisbane, sank after a collision with SS Umbilco in the English Channel, off Bill of Portland, 25th of June 1890. Four lives were lost. The survivors were taken on board the Umbilco and landed at Bill of Portland. | |
| Ethel May | [Tony Allen:]Lost in dale Bay in Jan 1936. Sank after heavy storms. | |
| Ethel SS | Ether SS was a 1.700 ton steamer, sunk in 1945. | |
| Ethelinda SS | [Tony Allen:]Ethelinda SS, a 3.257 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 29 January 1918, 15 miles NW from the Skerries, Anglesea. 26 crew died, including the Captain. | |
| Ethiope SS | [Tony Allen:]Ethiope, 3,794grt, 28 May 1915, 40 miles SW by S from Start Point, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo. | |
| Etoile du nord (l-) | [Plongeurs de Dunkerque:]Dragueur auxiliaire N° 33, commandé par l'Enseigne de Vaisseau DAULOUX. | |
| Etonian | [Tony Allen:]Etonian was a 6.515 grt defensively-armed British Merchantship of the Leyland Line. On the 23rd March 1918 when 34 miles S by E ½ E from Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 7 lives lost. On route from Liverpool to Boston. | |
| Eudora SS | [Tony Allen:]Eudora was a British Merchant ship sailing vessel of 1.991grt. On the 14th February 1917 when 30 miles SSW from Fastnet, Ireland she was captured by submarine and sunk by gunfire. | |
| Eugenia Chandris SS | [HSAC:] She sunk after she struck the wreck of the Oslofjord on 15 March, 1943. [nauticalmuseum.com:] This medium-sized freighter, of the ''flush-decked'' type like the Liberty ships, appears to have been built early in the interwar epoch, about 1920: she still has a counter stern and plumb bow rather than the cruiser stern and raking bow that became fashionable for merchant ships a decade later, but her masts have spreaders. | |
| Eumaeus | Torpedoed by a U-boat on 26/02/1918 | |
| Eurabia Sun | [Didier De Waele:] Eurabia Sun, ex-Theron; built 1961 by Pot, Bolnes; 114,4x15x7,44m; 3.842 gross tons; 2.106 net tons; 2x8 cyl; 3.600hp; 16 knots; 45 crew; 12 passengers; Eurabia Sun was en route from Gdansk to Tartous on October 28th 1974; when she was sunk in a storm in Ameland, in position 53°37N 05°56E. | |
| Europa SS | [Tony Allen:]Europa SS was built by Palmers S.B. & Iron Co. Jarrow. Dimensions: 206.5x 26.1 feet. Europa SS left Glasgow bound for Malaga with 850 tonnes of general cargo. Collided with the S.S. Roseville around the starboard hawsepipe through to her main fordeck. She went down within minutes. The Roseville grounded and was later salvaged. | |
| Europa SS | [Tony Allen:]Bombed by German aircraft off Liverpool, UK. Position unknown. | |
| Eurosee | [Ameland Diving:] Eurosee; 1941 German begleittanker for TSV Nord; Broken in two pieces in 1942; The forepart was saved, but the aft sunk; | |
| Eurydice HMS | The Eurydice was a wooden fully-rigged fast sailing ship, which had been built in 1843 and later converted to a purely sail-training vessel. On 24th March 1878 it was returning from a training cruise in the West Indies with 300 young seamen on board as well as 35 passengers. At about 3.30pm it was sighted by the Bonchurch Coastguard 'sailing hard for Spithead under all plain sail...' Twenty minutes later a heavy squall accompanied by a blinding snow storm came suddenley from the land, catching the vessel completely unawares. In less than ten minutes the squall had passed, the wind had died down but all that could be seen of the Eurydice was 'the masts and top hampers [upper sails and rigging] showing above the water just about 2½ miles off the island'. Apparently the fierce squall had turned the vessel's bows to the east causing it to capsize to the starboard, with the result that water rushed in through the open ports. A small schooner, the Emma, which had managed to survive the same squall, picked up the only four survivors but unfortunately two seamen later died. The final death toll was 364 officers and men, most of whom were buried in the cemetery at Haslar Hospital in Portsmouth. By the end of March there were plans to salvage the vessel and the hulk was finally brought into Portsmouth harbour. Such was the public interest in the sad accident that a Royal Marine guard was mounted both by day and night. The court martial into the accident took place in August 1878 and it found that the vessel had foundered ...by pressure of the wind upon her sails during a sudden and exceptionally dense snow storm, which overtook her when the approach was partially hidden by the proximity of the ship to high land and no blame can by attached to the captain, the officers and men of Eurydice...' Since then there have been several 'sightings' in the area of a fully-rigged sailing ship moving along at a considerable speed before suddenley disappearing from view. | |
| Evelyn Rose | [Tony Allen:]Evelyn Rose was 327 tons and 138.5 feet in length. | |
| Everleigh SS | [Wk] Atlantic Shipping & Trading Co; 1930; Furness S.B. Co; 5.222 tons; 406.3x56x26.9; 527 n.h.p.; triple expansion engines;The steamer Everleigh SS was on voyage in ballast from London - Barry Roads to New York, when she was torpedoed by a U-101 on February 6th, 1945. Six of her crew died. | |
| Excellence Pleske SS | [Diving Sussex:]Excellence Pleske SS; Shipping Controller (Lambert Bros.); 1886; W. Gray & Co; 2.095 tons; 275.3x37.3x19.8; 203 nhp; 9.5 knots; triple expansion engines. The former Danish steamship Excellence Pleske was torpedoed and sunk by a u-boat 2 1/2 miles SSE of Dungeness on March 31st, 1918. Thirteen of her crew were killed. The captain was among the survivors. | |
| Excelsior | Dandy, sank after collision with smack Scottish Chief | |
| Excelsior | Sunk: 1970 at her moorings. | |
| Exford | [Tony Allen:]Exford; Sank off Normandy. | |
| Exmoor HMS | British Navy, hunt type destroyer L61; 1939; Vickers-Armstrong; 904 tons; 272.3x28.2x7.7; 19.000 shp; 32.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4 in guns, 8 smaller. The destroyer Exmoor, Lt. Cdr. R.T. Lampard, was escorting a convoy off Lowestoft on the night of February 25th, 1941, when she was attacked by a flotilla of German torpedo boats (MTB S30). Exmoor put up a strong defence of her convoy, but was torpedoed in action and sank with the loss of four officers, incl her Cdr. And 100 ratings. No ships of the convoy suffered loss or damage. [Martien Slaats:]EXMOOR is getorpedeerd door german e boat s-30 terwijl hij het coastal convoy fn 417 escorteerde van Thames naar Forth | |
| Exmouth HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1934; Portsmouth Dockyard; 1.475 tons; 343x33.7x8.7; 38.000 shp; 36 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; five 4.7 in guns, 7 smaller, 8 T.T. The destroyer Exmouth, Capt. R.S. Benson, was torpedoed by u-22, Kapt. Ltnt. Karl Heinrich Jenisch in the Moray Firth on January 21st, 1940. Capt Benson, 15 officers and 173 ratings were killed. (see story) | |
| Ezra Weston | [Tony Allen:]Ezra Weston; Built in 1943 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY) On 8th August 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-667 off Newquay, Cornwall in a depth of around 53 metres. Not yet located. | |
| F D Lambert SS | [Tony Allen:]F D Lambert was a 2.195grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 13th February 1917 when 1 mile E from Royal Sovereign she was torpedoed withouit warning and sunk. | |
| F-2 | [Tony Allen:]The F2 was a World War 11 Escort Boat similar to a corvette. She had 2 x 105mm guns and an assortment of anti-aircraft armaments. She was given to the British as war reparations and sunk in her present location in 1946 during a gale. In 1968 she was salvaged using the YC21 barge. However during another storm the pieces fell back to the seabed and remain there today. | |
| Fairfield | [Tony Allen:]Fairfield was bombed by aircraft on 15/07/1941. | |
| Fairplay II | [Tony Allen:]Fairplay II ran aground in fog. | |
| Fairy HMS | Built by Fairfields at Govan, Glasgow in 1897, 5.700 ihp; 30 knots; triple expandion engines; Thornycroft boilers; one 122pdr gun, five 6 pdr; 2 T.T.. This 'C' Class destroyer of about 400 tons rammed the German submarine UC-75 off the Yorkshire coast. The U boat had previously been rammed by the steamer Blaydonian, damaging the casing. The U boat then surfaced and at first the Commanding Officer of Fairy thought the submarine must be Royal Navy but the normal challenge was not replied to. Fairy then rammed the uboat at the stern because if the boat was British the crew would have time to get out. It then became quite quite clear the boat was German so HMS Fairy rammed her hard just forward of the conning tower. Two of the men from the submarine jumped on to the forecastle of the destroyer and the other twelve crew were rescued from the water. The submarine sank but the bows of the destroyer were seriously damaged as the submarine was a much bigger vessel than HMS Fairy and she, herself, later sank. Her official complement was 60 | |
| Falaba SS | [Tony Allen:]FALABA; 4.806 tons; Steam Liner; Captured and torpedoed by U-28 (kpt. Georg von Forstner) on 28 March 1915, 38 miles West from Smalls Light House, Wales,Irish Sea, while on route from Liverpool to Sierra Leone. 104 lives lost including Master. | |
| Falcon HMS | Falcon HMS; British Navy destroyer; 1899; Fairfield Shipbuilding Co; 408 tons; 5.700 ihp; 30 knots; triple expansion engines; Thornycroft boilers; one 12pdr gun; five 6 pdr, 2 T.T. The destroyer Falcon sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald on April 1st, 1918. Her official complement was 60. | |
| Fallodon SS | [Other source:]Fallodon SS; 339x48 ft; 3.011 tons; She was torpedoed by UC-71 in 1917. [Tony Allen:]Fallodon, 3.012grt, defensively-armed, 28 December 1917, 12 miles SSE from St Catherines, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 1 life lost. | |
| Falls of Garry | [Tony Allen:]Falls of Garry was a four masted iron barque, of 2.102 tons, built in Glasgow, 1886. She measured 277.3x41.3x24.2 ft and was owned by the Weymiss Bay Shipping Co., Glasgow. Captain Roberts. On route from Port Pirie to Falmouth, via Queenstown, Ireland, she was wrecked on Sovereign Rocks at Oyster Haven near Kinsale, Cork on 20th October 1910. All were saved. | |
| Falmouth HMS | [HSAC:]British Navy light cruiser; 1910; W. Beardmore & Co.; 5.250 tons; 450x48.5x15.2; 22.000 ihp; 27 knots; Patersons turbine engines; Yarrow boilers; eight 6 in guns, four 3 pdr; 2 T.T The Falmouth of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, Capt. J.D. Edwards had a complement of 376. On August 19th, 1916, she was part of a cruiser screen guarding the Battle fleet. In the course of this duty she engaged two Zeppelins which were shadowing the British, and at 5 p.m. she turned back to close her consorts. At the moment, she ran across the line of fire of the U-66, Lt. Cdr. Von Bothner, which discharged two torpedoes at less than 1.000 yards range, both striking Falmouth on the starboard side. The ship did not sink for many hours and thoughout the following night proceeded under her own steam until the early morning, when she was taken in tow by two tugs for Immingham. Quite unsuspected by the British, the Germans had established a line of submarines from Flamborough Head to intercept shipping approaching Humber. She again became an easy target for the U-63, which got home two torpedoes which surprisingly enough, did not sink the vessel, though she had been hit four times now. She remained afloat another 8 hours and eventually sank five miles S. of Flamborough Head. All the crew were taken off by the escorting destroyers and there was no loss of life, but one stoker died from his injuries later. | |
| Far | [Tony Allen:]Built Bremerhaven 1918. On a voyage in ballast from Sarpsborg, Norway to Methil when she was torpedoed and sunk on January 27th 1940 by U-20 (Klot-Heydenfeldt), 15 n. miles southeast of Copinsay, Orkneys. She drifted ashore near Copinsay (Taracliff Bay) the following day and sank. Was declared a total constructive loss. 8 died. | |
| Faraday | [Tony Allen:]Faraday was a cable laying vessel, bombed by the Germans off St Ann's head in 1941. She was escorted into smooth water and sunk the next day. Out of 125 crew members, 16 lost there lives. | |
| Faustus SS | [Source not sure] Cia. Nav. Acapulco S.A.; 1943; Bartram & Sons; 6.379 tons; 416.8x56.6x34; triple expansion engines. The Panamanian steamship Faustus went ashore during a gale on the night of Novamber 6th, 1952, outside the northern entrance of the Nieuwe Waterweg and sank. The ship was on a voyage from Hampton Roads to Rotterdam with coal. [Paul Slinkert:] Foto's, verslag enz. zie Jaarverslag KZHMRS 1952.tevens een uitgebreid verslag met tekening enz.in het boek van G.v.d. Burg isbn 90.6707.164.1 De Nieuwe Waterweg, Poort van Europa. De jaarverslagen van de ex. KZHMRS zijn in het archief van de huidige KNRM te IJmuiden. | |
| Favorit | [Tony Allen:]Favorit departed Boston on March 22-1941 for Halifax to join a convoy. She had a cargo of 1330 tons steel and 2010 tons scrap iron for the UK. She left Halifax in Convoy SC 27 on March 30, but on April 7 she had to stop due to a problem with the steering mechanism. By the time this had been repaired she had lost sight of the convoy and was, therefore, on her own northwest of the Hebrides when she was attacked by an aircraft at 10:40 GMT on the 16th, position 60 06N 08 32W. 2 bombs hit near No. 3 hatch, causing heavy damages and destroying the motor boat. The crew did not take to the boats right away because the aircraft also used its machine guns. Shortly afterwards it returned, dropping more bombs, 1 of which detonated in the sea on the starboard side, another on the foredeck. By then the starboard lifeboat had been manned and launched, but it was already full of water and capsized. The port boat had better luck and those who were in the water were subsequently picked up bythis boat. The aircraft now returned a 3rd time, dropping 2 bombs on the after deck, whereupon she started to sink by the stern. An attempt was made to turn the starboard boat over, but being made of teak it was quite heavy and, finding that it was too damaged to be of any use the attempt was abandoned. The port boat also had minor leaks, but the captain and 10 men set sail in a southerly direction in the hope of reaching an area with more traffic. The remaining survivors had been distributed on 2 rafts which were tied together, with 7 men on one, 11 on the other. The captain's boat was spotted by a British flying boat which threw down food and medicines to them that same afternoon. At about 23:30 that night they were rescued by the Hull trawler Commander Horton en route from Iceland with fish. The people on the trawler told them that they had been hailed by a destroyer an hour earlier and told to keep a lookout for a lifeboat. Upon being notified about the rafts the trawler captain did not think it advisable to go back and look for them as he knew that the destroyer would be out looking for them. | |
| Feistein SS | (not sure) Hans Waage; 1913; Blyth S.B. Co; 2.991 tons; 324.2x46.6x22.6; 265 nhp; triple expansion engines; The Norwegian steamship Feinstein struck a mine and sank in the North Sea on March 31st, 1917. | |
| Felix de Abasolo SS | [Mark Page:]Ran aground in dense fog on Les Boufresses reef just north of Raz Island and broke her back. Cargo: coals. | |
| Feltre SS (ex-Rhenania) | 1904 Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack; Italian State Railways. Flag Italy ; 6.455 tons; 124.76x16.05x8.53m; Screw, 4cyl. Quad expansion; 387hp; ex-(Rhenania) known localy as Cap Morel or Cattermole. This ex-German steamer, requisitioned by the Italian Government was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-32. Designed to carry over 260 passengers for the German-Africa Line, she was laid up in Naples at the outbreak of WW 1, then requisitioned as a cargo ship. | |
| Feltria SS | [Tony Allen:]Feltria was a 5.254 grt, defensively-armed British Merchantship of the Cunard Line. On the 5th May 1917 when 8 miles SE from Mine Head, Cornwall she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 45 lives lost including Master. On route from New York to Avonmouth. | |
| Fenella Ann MFV | [Tony Allen:]Wooden scalloper/trawler register CT27 | |
| Fenella SS | Isle of Man Steam Packet Co; 1937; Vickers Armstrongs; 2.376 tons; 314.6x46.1x17.1; 1.379 nhp; 21 knots; turbine engines. The steamship Fenella, Capt. W. Cubbon, was acting as an auxiliary transport during the evacuation of the British army from Dunkirk. On May 29th, 1940, she was lying on the outside of the Eastern arm of Dunkirk harbour in company with the destroyers Grenade and Jaguar and the paddle steamship Crested Eagle. All five ships were heavily bombed and the Fenella was hit and sank the next day. Fifteen men were killed, Capt. Cubbon among the survivors. The Grenade was set on fire and sank soon afterwards. | |
| Ferric SS | [Tony Allen:]Ferric SS; Built in 1883 by Louis McIlwaine & Co, Belfast; Owned by Howden Bros of Larne; 335 tons; 46.93x6.85x3.47 metres; Powered by a 2 cyclinder compund engine. Ferric SS was bound from Ayr to Larne with a cargo of coal, when she ran aground in a SE Gale. | |
| Ferryhill SS | [Michael Tolhuisen] FERRYHILL is almost certainly an old collier of the Aberdeen Coal and Shipping Co., I have part details for a likely one, a ship of 1086grt built by Hall, Russell at Aberdeen under yard number 673 completed October 1919. Lost 1940 when she struck a mine.[Tony Allen:]Ferryhill was built in 1916 and mined by U-61 1.5 miles N ST MARYS FIRTH OF FORTH on the 21st January 1940. She was carrying 1.200 tons of coal on route from Blyth to Aberdeen. 11 crew lost. | |
| Fetlar | [Tony Allen:]Fetlar, Built 1898. Dimensions:60x8x4 metres 472 tons. | |
| Fidelio | [Tony Allen:]In ballast in convoy outside Lowestoft on a voyage from Becton to Tyne on Nov. 9-1942 when torpedoed by E-boats from 2nd S-Flottille (Feldt) and sunk, 58° 1.6 n. miles from C3 Buoy. She was in Convoy FN 61 when S-46 and S-83 attacked her. The entire after part blew up, 7 died instantly in their cabins, the rest of the crew managed to get in the lifeboats and stayed by Fidelio until she sank, but saw no signs of life on board or around in the sea. An hour later they were picked up by a tug, then transferred to a gunboat 4 hours later, which landed them in Great Yarmouth the next morning. 2 of the survivors were seriously hurt and were admitted to a hospital. WK has been dispersed by explosives. | |
| Fife Coast SS | Fife Coast was torpedoed by E Boat off the south coast of the UK. | |
| Figaro SS | Torpedoed by a U-boat on 26/01/1918 | |
| Filleigh SS | [Tony Allen:]Filleigh was built in 1928 and was on route from London to Antwerp carrying 6000 tons of Military stores when she was torpedoed by U-245 and sunk. 5 crew were lost from a total of 54. | |
| Fire King SS | Fire King SS, built 29th Oct 1925. | |
| Firedrake HMS | [Tony Allen:]Firedrake HMS was torpedoed by U-211 and lies 400 miles west of Ireland. | |
| Fireglow SS | In ballast | |
| Firelight SS | [Tony Allen:]Firelight was a 1.143grt British Merchant ship. On the 1st May 1917 when 1¾ miles East from N Tyne Pier she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Firth Fisher | Sunk: 1925 (ex SS Castle Reagh) | |
| Firth of Cromarty | [Tony Allen:]Firth of Cromarty, 1.528 ton was built at Port Glasgow, 1888. She measured 244.7x37.5x21.4 ft. Bound from Glasgow to Sydney, Firth of Cromarty was wrecked at Corsewell Point, County Wigtown, Scotland, 27th August 1898. | |
| Firth of Solway | [Tony Allen:]Firth of Solway was an iron barque of 1.313 tons. Built at Glasgow, 1885. She measured 228.4x36.5x21 feet and was owned by J. Spencer & Co of the Firth Line. Captain A. Watt. On route to Dunedin, she collided with SS Marsden, off the Kish lighthouse, near Bray Head, (south of Dingle Bay, south-west Ireland), 19th April 1896. The captain and eight men were rescued by the Marsden but fifteen lives were lost including the captain’s wife and daughter. | |
| Fisguard 11 HMS | [Tony Allen:] British naval training ship. | |
| Fjellsto | [Aad Kleijn:]De Fjellsto is een coaster uit noorwegen van 298 brt. Het schip vervoerde dun plaatijzer, pijpen en machineonderdelen. Het schip is door een zware storm gekapseisd op 16 januari 1960. Na een gedeeltelijke lossing van de lading is het schip ondersteboven gekanteld. | |
| Fjordheim SS | [Tony Allen:]Delivered in Oct.-1930 from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Sunderland as Fjordheim to D/S A/S Theologos (N. Røgenæs), Haugesund. Tonnage as above, 324.8' x 51.5' x 23.7', triple exp. & LT turbin (N. East. Mar. Eng.) Fjordheim joined the westbound Convoy ON 251. Torpedoed by U-482 (Matuschka) on Sept. 2-1944, voyage from Swansea and Belfast Lough for Halifax with a cargo of 4000 tons anthracite (having departed Swansea on Aug. 29, Belfast on Sept. 1). The torpedo hit on the starboard side aft at 23:40 ship's time, between hatches No.'s 4 and 5, blowing the hatches to pieces and filling the deck with water and coal. She immediately started to sink by the stern, all 4 lifeboats were manned and launched and had gotten away from the side of the ship, when 6 minutes after the torpedo had struck the boilers exploded and she sank. | |
| Flag Theofano | [Tony Allen:]It is believed that the Flag Theofano sank due to capsize during terrible weather in January 1990. The sinking was only discovered when a lifeboat and bodies were washed ashore. The ship was carrying 4.000 tons of bulk cement en-route from Le Havre to Southampton at the time. Salvage operations were put into action during August 1990, but by now the cargo had hardened and the ship rolled upside down, making any attempt futile. The wreck is marked by two (North & South) cardinal markers labelled ''Dean Tail'' and lies very close to the main deepwater channel which is to the east of the site. The seabed is mud covered by shells. This wreck is extremely easy to find using a fishfinder or echosounder, as she is extremely intact and gives a very strong trace against a generally flat seabed. | |
| Flakplatform | [M. Tolhuisen:]Flakplatform used for defence by the Germans at the Ostend port. | |
| Flaminian SS | [Tony Allen:]Flaminian, 3,500grt, 29 March 1915, 50 miles SW by W from Scilly Isles, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire. | |
| Flandre (la) SS | S.S. LA FLANDRE PHVB 1896-1916; Sir W.W.G. Armstrong Mitchell & Co Newcastle; 1.510 tons; 82x 11x7.85m; Triple expansion 3 cil. steamer; Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd., Newcastle; 950 hp.; 8.25kn; 1888: “LA FLANDRE.” H.F. Swan, Newcastle. 1889: “LA FLANDRE”, Frederic Speth & Co., Antwerpen. 1896: becomes Dutch property. The tanker La Flandre SS hit a mine near Galloper bank and was sunk, on 21st februari 1916 while on voyage from New York to Rotterdam. The mine was laid by UC-5. The Flandre was one of a series of 7 steaming tankers and was long time owned by the American Petroleum Cpy. | |
| Flavia | [Tony Allen:]Flavia was a 9.291grt, defensively-armed British Merchantship of the Cunard Line. On the 24th August 1918 when 30 miles NW by W from Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland. She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 1 life lost. On route from Montreal to Avonmouth. | |
| Fleet Tender | Cargo: Balast (Ex-Mamari III) Stranded on wk of AHAMO and whilst was torpedoed by german E-boot. Ex Mamari III was built in 1939 (a Shaw Savill & Albion Line cargoliner, purchased by admiralty for use as a fleet tender and converted to represent the aircraft-carrier HMS Hermes also ex Mamilius & Zealandic… | |
| Fleur de Lys | [Stuart Wilson:] Fishing No : DH7; Type: Inshore Crabber; Built : 1969 in Brittany, France; Construction : Wood – oak on oak; Persons on board : 4; An explosion in the engine room of the 16.45m UK-registered fishing vessel Fleur de Lys, DH7, sank the vessel rapidly. The accident occurred during fineweather, on Sunday afternoon, 16 April 2000, 18 miles south-east of Portland Bill, en route to Weymouth from fishing grounds off the coast of Alderney. Although the vessel sank within a few minutes of the explosion, the skipper was able to send a VHF radio“Mayday” call before abandoning ship. This was received by the coastguard at Portland, which dispatched a rescue helicopter to the scene. The helicopter arrived within 16minutes of the “Mayday” call and picked up all four crewmen from the sea. All were wearing lifejackets.The lifejackets had been stored in an accessible position: in a locker on the opendeck. The radio batteries were positioned high up in the engine room, so withstood the initial stage of flooding. The location of both the lifejackets and radio batteries increased the fishermen’s chances of survival significantly.! Fleur de Lys sank because her hull was damaged by violent rupture of the hot waterstorage cylinder of the unvented hot water system. The water in the cylinder had overheated and generated steam. This resulted in overpressure which, in turn, led to it rupturing. The cylinder overheated probably because its immersion heater thermostat failed to shut off the electrical supply to the heater. There were no safetydevices fitted to prevent overheating and overpressure in case of thermostat failure. | |
| Flirt | (not sure : british destroyer ? Sunk 23rd October 1916) | |
| Florence Muspratt | [Tony Allen:]Florence Muspratt was a sailing vessel, 79grt. On 5 September 1917, 10 miles North from Sept Iles, she was captured by a submarine and subsequently sunk by gunfire. 1 life lost. | |
| Florentino | [Martien Slaats] De florentino is gezonken als blok schip en was een speciaal service vezel van 1.822 ton en is gezonken 25 05 1940. | |
| Floristan | [Tony Allen:]Vessel was 3483 tons and 415.3 feet in length. | |
| Flowergate HMS | [Tony Allen:]Built 1911. Sunk as a blockship. | |
| Fluent SS | Fluent SS. Steel steamer of 3.660 tons, mined in 1917. | |
| Flying Enterprise | [Dirk Eekelers:] Flying Enterprise was Captain Kert Calson famously stayed aboard the vessel for nearly two weeks with an icredable list to port. The entire world were thrilled with the courage displayed by the brave Captain clinging to his ship in hope that it could have been saved. After the sinking, it was clear that the ship must have had special cargo, as it was not normal the the US Navy had sent two destroiyers in heavy weather to try to protect the ship. According to some rumours, very valuable Zirconium, used to encapsulate the fuel rods in nuclear reactors, was on board. The full story and many underwater pictures at: www.deepimage.co.uk [Tony Allen:] Was under tow by the TUG TURMOIL. Sank in Heavy Weather. | |
| Flying Fortress | [Diving Sussex:]Returning from a raid in Germany. Airplane ? | |
| Flying Fortress | Aircraft bomber Sunk: Unknown | |
| Folia SS | [Tony Allen:]Folia SS; Four masted twin funnel Liner built in 1907 by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd of Sunderland and was owned by the Cunard Steam Ship Cpy.Armed with a 12in stern gun. En-route from New York to Avonmouth with 4.400T cargo which included trench digging machinery, shell cases and general cargo. Was torpedoed by U-53 which surfaced and sunk the vessel by gunfire. 7 crew lost 68 survivors. | |
| Folke SS | [Tony Allen:]FOLKE ex Elk 1.352 tons. Built 1881 Osbourne and Graham SUNDERLAND Owner F.D. Malmros (Trelleborg) LOA 245.5 Torpedoed by U-6 in the North Sea off Scotland. | |
| Fonteyne | [Diving Sussex:]Collier of 1721 ton 268ft sunk on 16th November 1918 after hitting a mine. | |
| Foreland SS | [Tony Allen:]Foreland was a 1.960grt British Merchant ship. On the 12th February 1917 when 6 miles S ¾ W from Shipwash Light Vessel she hit a mine and sank. | |
| Forfarshire | [HSAC:]270 ton paddlesteamer, built 1834. 180ftx22ft. cloth, hardware, soap, boiler plate and spinning gear. Hull for Dundee. Sunk: 7 September, 1838, by engines' breakdown, storm winds and striking the Big Harcar Rock, Farne Islands. 18 survivors out of 63. Nine were saved by William Darling, keeper of Longstone Lighthouse, and his daughter Grace. | |
| Formidable HMS | Formidable HMS; 15.000 ton battleship, built Portsmouth 1898. 430ftx75ft. 15,000hp triple-expansion engines. Armed: four 12in, twelve 6in, sixteen 12-pounder and six 3-pounder guns, four torpedo tubes. Sunk about 25 miles off Portland by the German submarine U-24 whose captain was Kapitanleutnant Rudolph Schneider. He fired two torpedoes, the first hit the starboard side and the second, fired about 50 minutes later, hit the port side. Formidable was part of the 5th Battle Squadron, which consisted of eight battleships and two cruisers, which had been steaming along the south coast of England in the English Channel from the east. 547 men lost their lives, 233 survived. | |
| Fort Maisonneuve SS | [Tony Allen:]Fort Maisonneuve SS. 'Fort' ships were owned by the Canadian Government but registered in Britain. | |
| Fort Massac | [Martien Slaats:]Fort Massac was a British cargo ( victory type ) in collision with Thornaby. She was en route from Middlesbough to Cape Town with general cargo. [Tony Allen:]'Fort' ships were owned by the Canadian Government but registered in Britain. | |
| Fort Norfolk SS | [Tony Allen:]Fort Norfolk SS. 'Fort' ships were owned by the Canadian Government but registered in Britain. Mined off assault beaches, Normandy, France. | |
| Fort Yale | [Dirk Eekelers:]Fort Yale. 8 August 1944 at position 49° 26'N/00° 33'W, damaged by mine. 23 August 1944 in the English Channel, 17 miles SE of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight at position 50° 23'N/00° 55'W while under tow from Juno beach, Normandy to Portsmouth by HM tug HUDSON and US tug FARALLON, having been previously damaged by mine whilst part of convoy ETC 72, was sunk by torpedo from U-480 commanded by Hans-Joachim Förster. The Master, Captain George William Mortimer, 57 crew and 8 gunners were rescued by 3 Landing Craft Infantry and landed at Portsmouth. One navy signalman was lost. [Tony Allen:]'Fort' ships were owned by the Canadian Government but registered in Britain. Mined off assault beaches, Normandy, France. | |
| Forth SS | 513 tons steamer, sunk in 1906, carrying a cargo of pig iron. The cause of sinking was striking the reef in the dark and fog. | |
| Fortuna | [Tony Allen:]Fortuna, sailing vessel, 131grt, 3 August 1916, 15 miles SSW from Portland Bill, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs. | |
| Fortuna SS | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij; 1913; N.V. Werf Rijkee & Co; 1.254 tons; 251.4x36.2x16; 150 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Dutch steamship Fortuna was bound from Rotterdam to Cardiff on October 22nd, 1916, when she struck a mine laid by the Germane minelaying submarine UC-16. She sank nine miles S.W. of Beachy Head, with the loss of 15 of her crew. | |
| Fortune HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Fortune, British, Acasta class Destroyer. Lost in the Battle of Jutland. | |
| Foscolo | The Italian cargo Foscolo was attacked by German bombers and sunk. The crew was saved. (Arie de Lange: ) Voormalige Amatonga van de Ellerman & Bucknall Line verkocht in 1923 als Italiaans schip van 3108 ton en gebouwd in 1919 werd door Duitse luchtaanval op 15-05-1940 tot zinken gebracht. | |
| Foudroyant | French Navy destroyer; 1929; Dyle-Bacalan, Bordeaux; 1.495 tons; 330.9x32.2x9.5; 35.000 ihp; 33.5 knots; turbine engines; four 5.1 in guns, two 37mm A.A., 6 T.T. The destroyer Foudroyant, Cdr. Fontaine, was engaged in operations connected with the evacuation of the French and British armies from Dunkirk, when she was bombed by German aircraft. The attack took place June 1st, 1940, and the destroyer was so severely damaged that she sank. The Foudroyant carried a complement of nine officers and 150 ratings of whom 19 ratings were killed. [Dkepaves:]Envoyé à Dunkerque en remplacement de l'Adroit coulé le 20 mai, il appareille de Douvres à 10 heures. Il est attaqué à 13 heures par une nuée de bombardiers (vraisemblablement des ''heinkels'' et ''stukas'' selon les témoins) à environ 3,7 miles de la jetée Ouest de Dunkerque. Touché par 3 fois du fait de son incapacité à manoeuvrer (chenal trop étroit à cet endroit), il se couche par bâbord et disparait rapidement à environ 2,6 miles au Nord du bassin de Mardyck. Les rescapés seront sauvés sous le feu de l'aviation allemande, par le chalutier ''BERNADETTE DE LOURDES''. | |
| Foxen SS | [Martien Slaats:]FOXEN SS werd getorpedeerd door de U-57 er waren 8 doden en een overlevende en vaarde van Garston naar Goteburg met een lading coal of cooks. | |
| Foyle HMS | [HSAC:]British Navy River class destroyer; 1903; Cammell Laird; 550 tons; 225x23.5x12; 7.000 ihp; 25.5 knots; triple expansion engines; four 12 pds guns, 2 TT. Sunk: 15 March, 1917, bow section blown off by German mine in Dover Straits, sank immediately, stern section sank while under tow 3 miles east of Eddystone. Twenty-seven out of 70 killed. | |
| Foylebank HMS | Bank line; 1930; Harland & Wolff; 5.582 tons; 426.8x57.3x25.8; 830 nhp; 11 knots; oil engines. The motor vessel Foylebank was taken over by the Admiralty during WWII for service as an auxiliary anti-aircraft ship. On July 4th 1940, when lying in Portland Harbour, she was bombed by three German Ju-87's and hit 22 times and the vessel exploded. 176 dead. | |
| Foylemore SS | [Tony Allen:]Foylemore was built in 1911 for the Jonstone Line. On 16 Dec 1917 she was torpedoed by a german submarine and sunk in English Channel, 22 miles E ½ S from the Lizard as a defensively armed Merchantship. | |
| Fram SS | [Tony Allen:]The Swedish steamship Fram was built in Middlesborough in 1897 for the Danish-Russian Steamship Co. Originally known as the the Russ, she boasted a gross tonnage of 2.297, 314,7 feet in length, a beam of 43 feet and a draught of 20,5 feet. She was powered by tripple-expansion engines (with cylinder diameters of 22, 36 and 60 inches and a stroke of 42 inches) built by G Clark Ltd of Sunderland which developed a powerful 233 nhp. She carried a crew of 19. She was topedoed by U-13 | |
| France Aimee SS | France Aimee SS; French collier of 699 tons, 190ft x 28 ft sunk in 1918, after collision with HMS-P-35. | |
| Frances Massey SS | [Tony Allen:]Frances Massey was a British Cargo Vessel built in 1927 and owned by MASSEY & SONS LTD, W A. She was on route from WABANA for GLASGOW carrying 7500 tons of iron ore when she was torpedoed by U-48. Captain was saved. Crew of 34 lost. | |
| Frances Patrick | [Tony Allen:]Local Plymouth Trawler. Lost with all hands. | |
| Francis Asbury SS | US War Shipping Administration; 1943; St Johns River S.B. Co; 7.176 tons; 422.8x57x34.8; 2.500 ihp; 10.5 knots; triple expansion engines. The American steamer Francis Asbury, Capt. Jean V. Patrick, was in convoy 18 miles off Flushing, Holland on December 3rd, 1944 when she struck a mine and sank. Ten of her crew were killed. Capt. Patrick was among the survivors. | |
| Francis Duncan SS | [Tony Allen:]Francis Duncan SS was lost off Portland, English Channel. | |
| Francois Narp | Also called the tulip wreck. | |
| Frau Metta Catharina | [HSAC:]Frau Metta Catharina von Flensburg. 53 ton Danish brigantine, built 1782. Hemp and reindeer hides, Leningrad for Genoa. Position: 50°21'10N - 04°09'77W. Sunk: 10 December, 1786 in Plymouth Sound after hitting Drake's Island in southerly gale. | |
| Frauenlob | [Tony Allen:]Frauenlob, German, Gazelle class Light Cruiser. Sunk in the Battle of Jutland. | |
| Fred (la) | [Plongeurs de Dunkerque:]German Sperrbrecher ?? Le ''Cargo'' et ''la Fred'' sont deux épaves quasi identiques de type Sperrbrecher. Il n'y a que deux Sperrbrecher coulés au large de Dunkerque et recensés dans le ''GRONER 3'', livre répertoriant les flottes allemandes: Sperrbrecher 174, ex ''Tindjefjell'', coulé le 28/05/42 sur une mine. Sperrbrecher 171, ex ''Jason'', coulé le 20/02/42. Reste à savoir qui est qui? La chasse aux indices est ouverte.… La personne nommée Fred était un gars du port qui plongeait au Club. Un jour, au café ''Le Provençal'' alors siège du Club, la conversation était dirigée vers cette épave qu'on devait nommer sur la feuille de plongée. C'est alors qu'est rentré le fameux ''Fred'', et l'effet de surprise aidant, son nom a été inscrit sur la feuille. | |
| Fred Everard | [Tony Allen:]Fred Everard ran aground during a storm. | |
| Fredensborg SS | [Tony Allen:]Fredensborg was a Danish Steam Freighter built in 1922 by NV Scheepswerf Voorheen Jan Smit Czn, Alblasserdam, Netherlands. She was owned by C K Hansen, Copenhagen, and was on route from Copenhagen to the UK in ballast. She was torpedoed by U-20 and all 20 crew were lost. The hit blew off her stern and she sank within two minutes. The ship was sailing in company with England, which was sunk by the same U-boat. [Technical:]general cargo vessel - steam - single screw; 2,094 GRT - 3,300 DWT; 295'2"" x 42'1"" x 19'4" | |
| Frederic | French wooden trawler (CN 426425) | |
| Frederik | [Piet Reumer:] Dank zij uw site is mij eindelijk bekend geworden waar het schip van mijn vader op de bodem van de Noordzee ligt. De exacte datum van het zinken is mij niet bekend wel dat de oorzaak van het vergaan een aanvaring met een Katwijkse viskotter was. De kotter zou midscheeps een gat in de romp hebben gevaren. Er waren geen doden bij te betreuren. Voorzover mijn herinnering gaat heeft een en ander omstreeks 1953 plaats gevonden. De Frederik was een coaster aangedreven door een verbrandingsmotor. [Piet Reumer:] Bijzonderheden: 1921 gebouwd als overdekt niet-gemotoriseerd zeelichterschip; 1936 verbouwd tot motorvrachtschip. WW2 gevaren in geallieerde dienst. 1945 terug naar de eigenaar. 1953 ongeveer 7 mijl noordwest van IJmuiden na aanvaring met motorlogger Excelsior III KW 76 gezonken. Bemanning gered. Meer info op: http://www.arendnet.com/pag0f16.htm | |
| Fredville | [Tony Allen:]Delivered in 1917 from Wilton's Eng. & Slipway, Rotterdam (278) as Agneta for S.M. Leonora (Jos. de Poorter), Rotterdam. Sold in 1921 to Neville Spg. Co. (F.H.Green), London, renamed Fredville. Owned from 1933 by Brynmor Steamship Co., Swansea, from 1934 by Fredavore O/Y, Antti Wihuri, Helsinki, from 1935 by D/S A/S Fredville (M. H. Mikkelsen), Sandefjord, and from 1939 by Skibs-A/S Rikke (A. J. Mørland), Arendal (managed by W. A. Souter, Newcastle) Torpedoed and sunk on January 11th 1940 by U-23 (Kretschmer), position 58 25N 01 10W when on a voyage in ballast (or cargo of timber?) from Drammen to Methill, to pick up coal for Oslo. | |
| Freesia | [Tony Allen:]The Freesia was a 285 ton Grimsby Trawler. She struck on Costa Head on Mainland Orkney on new years day 1922, while returning home from a fishing trip to Iceland. The trawler drifted off the high cliffs and was taken by the tide into Eynhallow Sound where she foundered in 40 meters of water taking 9 of her 11 crew with her. | |
| Freidig | [Tony Allen:]Built in Newcastle upon Tyne 1903. Previous names: Gerd until 1916, Haraldshaug until 1920, Freidig until 1929, Melsomvik until 1933, Mesna until 1937 (then Freidig). Delivered in 1903 from Wood, Skinner & Co. Ltd, Newcastle, as Gerd for Johs. Bull, Tønsberg. 1203 gt., 750 nrt., 2050 tdw., 237.0 x 35.2 x 16,0 ft. Tr.exp. 149 nhp (N. East. Mar. Eng.). 20 men died when Freidig sank on February 7th 1944 after her cargo had shifted in a storm with heavy seas while on a voyage from Aberdeen to Liverpool with a cargo of 1624 tons rye, having departed Aberdeen at 00:30 on Febr. 6. She was already listing slightly on departure, and that afternoon her boiler sprang a leak. By 08:00 on Febr. 7 she was listing about 10 ° to port because her cargo had shifted, and at 10:00 all men were called on deck because a heavy sea had taken the icebox and carried it towards the airpipe forward of the after hold with such force that the pipe broke off near the deck. They desperately tried to plug up the hole using mattrasses, but it was impossible due to the seas constantly washing over the after deck. Her list increased and she sank deeper and deeper by the stern, resulting in the after hatch being forced open so that the hold started to flood at 11:15. The captain ordered the lifeboats launched and the port boat with 7-8 men was successfully lowered and rowed away from the ship, but the starboard boat was taken by the seas and went away empty. 8 men were able to get on the raft on the boatdeck, while 6 got on the port raft on the after deck. SOS was sent out from 11:15 until 11:30, then the ship sank, the engine room having started to fill with water, about 15 n. miles north of Cape Wrath (in the vicinity of Strathie Point). Shortly after the men had gotten on the rafts the seas washed over the midships section so the men ended up in the water. 8 of them later managed to get onto the largest raft, 2 of whom subsequently went over to a smaller raft found drifting by. These were the only 2 who survived after having been drifting on the raft for 28 hours. They were observed by an aircraft, then picked up by a rescue vessel from Thurso. Another 2 survivors in a lifeboat were spotted near land, but the sea took them before they could be reached. | |
| Freya | [Tony Allen:]The Freya was built by William Denny & Bros Ltd of Dumbarton, being launched in November 1954. The ship was a twin screw motor vessel of 274 gross tons and 58 net tons. She was 145 feet long, 24 feet beam and 11 foot depth. The engines were made by British Polar Engines Ltd of Glasgow and were each 4 cylinder, of 500bhp giving a speed of 14.5 knots. Commissioned in the April of 1955. She patrolled mainly around the Moray Firth. It seems that she never had the confidence of her crews & gained a reputation for instability. On the 8th of January 1959 Freya anchored at 1500 hours in Sinclair Bay. The wind was NW force 4. At 0315 hours on the 9th Freya heaved up anchor to move southwards, as the wind had veered to the northeast increasing to force 6 - 7 with squalls of force 8. At approximately 0440 hours Freya heeled to port and veered to starboard. She never recovered from the roll and lay over on her beam ends with the funnel lying in the water. She foundered approximately 15 minutes later. The first that the wider world knew of the sinking was around 0930 hours when the trawler Summerlee passed a message to Wick radio. Stating 16 men had been picked up from a rubber dinghy by the Belgian trawler Berchmans. Unfortunately 3 of the crew were missing. Despite a search by Coastguard , lifeboat, & helicopter, these men were never located | |
| Frida Blokzeil | [Michael Tolhuisen] MS Frida Blokzijl; 1931; NV ms Frida Blokzijl, Vlaardingen; 249 tons; 37,5m; Stork 150pk 8kn. Ran aground March 8th 1962 at Koarney Point N-Ireland after a machine failure. | |
| Friedig SS | [Tony Allen:]D/S Freidig. gross tonnage: 1333 gt, 2050 tdwt. Delivered in 1903 from Wood, Skinner & Co. Ltd, Newcastle, as Gerd for Johs. Bull, Tønsberg. 1203 gt., 750 nrt., 2050 tdw., 237.0 x 35.2 x 16,0 ft. Tr.exp. 149 nhp (N. East. Mar. Eng.). From 1909 she was managed by P. Johannessen, Tønsberg. Purchased by D/S A/S Haraldshaug & A/S Mercator, Haugesund in 1916 and registered as Haraldshaug. Sold in Dec.-1919 to Jens Salvesens Rederi A/S, Christiania and renamed Freidig in Jan.-1920, then Melsomvik, Einar Langes Rederi A/S, Oslo, Oct.-1929. Mesna, Rederi-A/S, Mesna (Einar Lange), Oslo, July-1933. Management transferrred in July-1935 to Knut Simonsen, Oslo. Sold in July-1937 to Skibs-A/S Freidig (O. M. Olsen & A. Næss), Fredrikstad, and renamed Freidig. Purchased in Jan.-1940 by A/S Rona (Trygve Skogland), Haugesund, no name change. (Management taken over by Tollak Johan Skogland, Haugesund in 1942). Captain Albert Arntzen. 20 men died when Freidig sank on Febr. 7-1944 after her cargo had shifted in a storm with heavy seas while on a voyage from Aberdeen to Liverpool with a cargo of 1624 tons rye, having departed Aberdeen at 00:30 on Febr. 6. She was already listing slightly on departure, and that afternoon her boiler sprang a leak. By 08:00 on Febr. 7 she was listing about 10 ° to port because her cargo had shifted, and at 10:00 all men were called on deck because a heavy sea had taken the icebox and carried it towards the airpipe forward of the after hold with such force that the pipe broke off near the deck. They desperately tried to plug up the hole using mattrasses, but it was impossible due to the seas constantly washing over the after deck. Her list increased and she sank deeper and deeper by the stern, resulting in the after hatch being forced open so that the hold started to flood at 11:15. The captain ordered the lifeboats launched and the port boat with 7-8 men was successfully lowered and rowed away from the ship, but the starboard boat was taken by the seas and went away empty. 8 men were able to get on the raft on the boatdeck, while 6 got on the port raft on the after deck. SOS was sent out from 11:15 until 11:30, then the ship sank, the engine room having started to fill with water, about 15 n. miles north of Cape Wrath (in the vicinity of Strathie Point). Shortly after the men had gotten on the rafts the seas washed over the midships section so the men ended up in the water. 8 of them later managed to get onto the largest raft, 2 of whom subsequently went over to a smaller raft found drifting by. These were the only 2 who survived after having been drifting on the raft for 28 hours. They were observed by an aircraft, then picked up by a rescue vessel from Thurso. Another 2 survivors in a lifeboat were spotted near land, but the sea took them before they could be reached. They died in sight of Cape Wrath. | |
| Friesenland MS | [Pieter J. van der Doe:]German coaster, grounded 31th october 1965. | |
| Friesland SS | (not sure) Scheepv. En Steenkolen Maats. ; 1930; Cowpen Dry Dock Co; 2.662 tons; 295.2x44x18.9; 270 nhp; 10 knots; triple-expansion engines; The Dutch steamship, Friesland was bound from Dagenham to Blyth on October 27th, 1941, as a unit of Convoy FN37. When 18 miles N.N.W. of Cromer, the convoy was heavily attacked by German bombers, which hit the Friesland and sank her with the loss of 13 of her crew. | |
| Friesland SS | [Didier De Waele:]Friesland SS; Scheepsbouwwerf Van Vliet & Co, Neder-Hardinxveld; 1908; for Scheepvaart en Steenkolen Mij, later sold to different companies, the latest Hundvaag D/S Isjborn. She was sunk by a mine November 1st 1940, with a cargo of coals, while sailing from Immingham to Dover, near the Googwin Lightship. One of the crew died. | |
| Frisco | Merchant ship of 120m. | |
| Frode SS | [Other Source:]This site is a wreck of a Norwegian steamer built in 1917 and sunk in 1943, with 6 crew, after hitting a German parachute mine.[Tony Allen:]Frode departed Newhaven in ballast in the afternoon of April 11th 1943 for Cowes for orders. Struck a mine and sank that same afternoon when between Littlehampton and Shoreham (50 45 48N 0 28 54W). The hatches, lifeboats and rafts were blown away. The helmsman, Edvard Camyen Carlson was seen dead in the wheelhouse, 13 survivors had to jump overboard and cling to whatever debris they could find when the ship sank. 10 of them were rescued an hour later by a French gunboat and landed in Portsmouth where 9 were taken to a hospital, but the captain died on April 12th and 2nd Engineer Rolf Bure died on April 13th. The other 3 survivors had been rescued by an RAF rescue boat and taken to Littlehampton. | |
| Frogner SS | [Jan Lettens]Fearnley&Eger;1907;Nylands Vaerksted; 1.476 tons; 260.1x37.2x17.1 ft; 152 n.h.p.; triple expansion engines; The Norwegain steamer Frogner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on April 29th, 1918. | |
| Fulham SS | [Martien Slaats:]SS FULHAM was sunk by Gzerman Schnellboot S-22 off Cromer. The Boat attacked a south-bound convoy,sinking-SS NEW LAMBTON (2709 T )steamer, from harrlepool. SS JOSEPH SWAN (1571 t )steamer from blyth.SS FULHAM V (1562 t )steamer from south shields.SS CORBROOK (1792 t)steamer from seaham. All were carrying coal for london. | |
| Fulham V11 SS | [Tony Allen:]Fulham V11 SS, steamship of 1.813 ton Dimensions: 76.2x13 metres. Was on passage from Barry, Wales to London when in collision with the vessel Alfred Victory. | |
| Fulmar SS | [Diving Sussex:]British & Continental S.S. Co; 1919; H & C Grayson; 1.698 tons; 265x41.2x26.6; 251 nhp; triple expansion engines. The British cargo ship Fulmar was sunk, following a collision off Dungeness on March 28th, 1927, while on voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam, carrying general cargo. | |
| Fury HMS | [Tony Allen:]Damaged beyond repair by a mine off Normandy. | |
| Fylrix | [Other Source:] Sunk when cargo shifted. [Tony Allen:] On the night of 21 November 1984 the small cargo vessel Fylrix was on its way from Dean quarry bound for London with a cargo of granite chippings. Whilst off the Eddystone light, some of the cargo shifted and the Fylrix developed a severe list to st'bd; The Master decided to head for the safety of Plymouth, and was escorted into the Sound by a Royal Navy frigate. As the Fylrix approached Jennycliffe the list became much worse and it became obvious to all that the ship would soon sink. In the early hours of the following morning the entire crew abandoned the ship as it started to capsize, and the Fylrix sank in shallow water about one hundred yards offshore. Vessel was built in 1962. | |
| G-12 | [Tony Allen:]G-12, German, V1 class Destroyer Collided with V1 in the North Sea causing one of her torpedoes to explode and the loss of 47 crew. | |
| G-42 | The G-42 was a German V-25 class destroyer, sunk in battle, when being part of a convoy raiding Dover Straits. The German vesselsy were intercepted by the British destroyers HMS Swift and HMS Broke. She was rammed and broke in two. There were 36 casulaties. | |
| G-7 HMS | It is not known how G7 was lost, and the date shown is the date she was reported overdue at her base at Blyth, Nothumberland. The last communication had been on 23rd October. Her commanding officer Lieutenant Charles A C Russell and her 30 other officers and men were lost. | |
| G-7301 | Sloop sunk on 28th February 1995. | |
| G-85 | Sunk on 21st April 1917 by the HMS Broke. | |
| G-87 | [Tony Allen:]G-87, German V25 Class Destroyer. Mined North Sea. 43 dead. [Martien Slaats:]German destroyers, all sunk on the same day, same area due to mines: G-87 43 dead, G-94: 13 dead and G-93: 10 dead. | |
| G-88 | G-88, German, V25 class Destroyer. Torpedoed by a British CMB off the Flanders Coast. G-88, 8th April 1917, southern North Sea off the Flanders coast near Zeebrugge torpedoed once by British coastal motor boat (CMB). CMB’s ''4'', ''5'', ''6'' and ''9'' attacked four German destroyers off Zeebrugge in the early hours of the 8th. ''CMB-9'' hit and sank ''G-88'', the first British success with coastal craft. She went down just after midnight at 00.15hrs with 18 men dead. | |
| G-93 | [Tony Allen:]G-93, German V25 Class Destroyer. Mined North Sea. 10 dead. | |
| G-94 | [Tony Allen:]G-94, German, V25 class Destroyer Mined in the North Sea with 13 dead. | |
| G-96 | German Destroyer built by Germaniawerft, Kiel in 1915; 1.147 tons; 84,5x8,4x3,4m; Twin screws; The G-96 was sunk in a battle with French destoyers ORIFLAMME and BRANLEBAS, in the night of 26th June 1917. The burning G-96 tried to escape for shelter, but was torpedoed by the Oriflamme. German coast batteries firing at both French destroyers prevented any rescue of the German crew by the french. | |
| Gadsby SS | [Tony Allen:]Gadsby, 3,497grt was built in 1899 by Ropner & Son, Stockton and owned by the Ropner shipping Cpy. On 1st July 1915 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-39, 33 miles SSW from Wolf Rock, Cornwall, UK. | |
| Gala HMS | [Tony Allen:]River class destoyer of 570 tons, built in 1905, she was rammed and sunk by HMS Attentive, a scout cruiser of 2.670 tons and built in 1904, in the North Sea near the Outer Gabbard Light vessel, off Harwich, during night exercises. There was sufficient time to rescue the crew 58 and there was no loss of life. | |
| Galatea SS | [Tony Allen:]On the 21st January 1944, U-1051 torpedoed and sunk the 1.152 ton Norwegian steamer GALATEA southwest of Bardsey Island; she was on passage from Liverpool for Barry in ballast and eighteen crewmen and three DEMS gunners were lost. | |
| Galicia SS | [Tony Allen:]Galacia was on route from London to Valparaiso with a cargo of cloth and cement, plus some ammunition to be delivered to Jamaica. Hit a mine laid by a german UC Class submarine off Teignmouth. | |
| Gallier SS | [Tony Allen:]Gallier SS, a 4.592 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 2 January 1918, 7 miles ENE from Wolf Rock. | |
| Galveston | [Tony Allen:]Galveston. Deliberate sinking off Normandy. | |
| Gamen SS | Sunk by a submarine on 08/09/1916. | |
| Gannet SS | [Tony Allen:]Gannet, 1.127grt, 7 July 1916, 5 miles ENE from Shipwash Light Vessel, mined and sunk, 8 lives lost. | |
| Garden city | Liberian cargo, built by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde in 1946 as ''Le Moine d'Ibervilee'', she was property of the Atlantic Maritime Cpy. Waterdisplacement of 6.793 tons and measuring 162m by 20m, she sunk 19th March 1969 after a collision with the Polish ship Zaglebie Dabrowskie. There were no casualties. | |
| Gardenia SS | [Martien Slaats:]SS Gardenia was en route from Casablanca to Middlebourgh, when she struck a mine and sunk, off Cromer. | |
| Garnalenvisser | [Aad Kleijn:] Volgens opgave duiker: vissersvaartuig (voorpostenboot) | |
| Garnes SS | (not sure) A/S Kr. Jebsens Rederi; 1930; Bergens Mek. Verksted; 1.559 tons; 250.6x39.3x17.4; 138 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Norwegian steamship Garnes struck a mine and sank on March 24th, 1947, off Terschelling. | |
| Garonne | Masted Schooner rigged Steamer, of 638 tons, 215 ft long. Sunk in 1868 after running aground. | |
| Garthelyde SS | [Tony Allen:]Garthelyde SS, a 2.124 grt armed cargo was torpedoed and sunk without warning by a submarine on 15 October 1917, 12 miles W ¼ S from the Lizard, Cornwall. | |
| Garthwaite | [Tony Allen:]Garthwaite is 400 feet in length. | |
| Gartland SS | [Tony Allen:]Gartland SS, a 2.613 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 3 January 1918, 5 miles ESE from Owers Light Vessel, Selsey Bill. 2 lives were lost | |
| Gascony SS | [Divernet:] Everyone at the Court of Enquiry into the sinking of the 3133 ton British steamer Gascony assumed that she had been mined. Everyone, that is, except for her master, William Melville, who persisted in saying that she had been torpedoed in her port side just behind the bridge, writes Kendall McDonald. Melville had heard a hiss just before the explosion, and to him it sounded like a torpedo run. The enquiry, however, concluded that the Gascony, which had been carrying guns on carriages, hay, charcoal and other Government stores from Southampton to Calais for the British Army in France, had hit a mine, and that in any case the captain should have been zig-zagging. Later, it emerged that Captain Melville had been right. He had been torpedoed at 11.18 pm on 18 January, 1918, by Oberleutnant Johann Lohs in UC-75. A huge wall of water from the explosion crashed over the decks, the engines ground to a standstill, and the forward holds and engine room started filling. Melville ordered his crew of 39 and the naval gunner of the big old stern gun into the boats and over to their patrol boat escort, HMS P-12. But the 360ft Gascony refused to sink in the dark. She was well down by the head, but at dawn, when she seemed stable, the captain, the mate and four volunteers reboarded her and at 8am took lines from two tugs. She was pulled slowly towards the Sussex shore, but at 1.45pm she suddenly broke in two and sank like a stone. | |
| Gaspard de la Nuit | []French ketch, with 2 masts sunk 24/09/1977; [Le Grizzly:]Gaspard de la Nuit; Français; Voilier ketch; Diesel six cylindres de 160 CH, 27 tx; 16,10 x 4,37 m; voie d'eau le 24/09/1997; | |
| Gaupen SS | [Tony Allen:]Gaupen was a 622grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 12 March 1918 when 5 miles SE by E ¼ E from N Foreland Light she hit a mine and sank. | |
| Gaw Guan Sia SS | Sunk after collision with ss Leerdam on 16th December 1889. | |
| Gemini SS | [Tony Allen:]Gemini, 2,128grt, defensively-armed British Merchantman on the 20 July 1918 was torpedoed and sunk 7 miles NW ½ N from Godrevy Light House, North Cornwall, UK. 2 lives lost. | |
| Gena SS | [Tony Allen:]Gena was a 2.784grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 1st May 1917 when off Southwold she was torpedoed without warning by seaplane. | |
| General Consul | Isle of Coll | |
| General Consul Ellis | [Tony Allen:]General Consul Ellis was 886 tons and 250.5 feet in length. | |
| General du Temple | Sunk on 19th August 1917 by a submarine. | |
| General Metzinger SS | General Metzinger, passenger ship, steamer of 9.345 tons, 150m. She was ordered by the Hamburg South America line at Blohm et Voss and launched in 1906. Her first name was CAP VILLANO. Confiscated in may 1940, she was adapted for the war in Liverpool. On 11th June 1940, she is bombed while being in the port of Le Havre. 6 crew died. | |
| George S. Wasson | George S. Wasson; Built 1943 WSA (R. A. Nicol & Co, NY); 31.1.44 mined and damaged near Milford Haven; On 8th June 1944 sunk as Mulberry Harbour breakwater off Normandy. Later destroyed by storms. | |
| George W. Childs | Sank off Normandy. | |
| Georgetown Victory USS | [Tony Allen:]Georgetown Victory USS was built in 1945 by Fortfield Shipyard,Bethlehem, USA and registered at Baltimore. The vessel left Freemantle for Glasgow with 1.200 Royal Navy men & Marines for Demob. Inexplicably she mistook Strangford Lough for the Clyde and grounded about 100 yards south of Killard Point. Her back after a few hours just forward of the bridge. She measured 437x62x34 feet and weighed 7406 tons gross and was powered by twin steam turbine engines. | |
| Georgios | [Tony Allen:]Georgios is 2.216 tons and 286.3 feet in length. Struck the wreck of the vessel Canada and sank. | |
| Gerarda SS | Iron Steamer 257ftx34ft and 1.673 tons. Sunk: Collided with Benares 1882 | |
| Gertrude SS | Otto Trechmann; 1879; W. Gray & Co.; 1.347 tons; 244x32.2x18.4; 120 hp; compound engines. The British cargo ship Gertrude was wrecked in West Bay, Portland, in fog on August 26th, 1894. She was on voyage from Huelva (Spain) to Rotterdam carrying ore cargo. | |
| Ghazee SS | [Tony Allen:]Ghazee was a 5.084grt, British Merchant ship. On the 4th February 1917, when 2 miles SSW from Galley Head, Co Cork, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Ghurka HMS | [Diving Sussex:]Ghurka HMS, 880 ton British Tribal class destroyer, built 1907. 255ftx25ft. Steam turbine engines. Armed. Sunk: 8 February, 1917, by hitting German mine off Dungeness and going down almost immediately. Only five crew were saved. | |
| Gibel-Hamam SS | [Tony Allen:]Was torpedoed by UB-103 with the loss of 21 lives. Carrying a cargo of coal. | |
| Giralda SS | 1887 Osbourne, Sunderland; South Metropolitan Gas Co. ; 1.100 tons;68.58x10.05x4.9m;Screw, 2 cylinder compound, 128 NHP;1x13pdr stern gun. The steamship Giralda was torpedoed in her forehold by the German submarine UB-77, Six men died in the attack, the remainder escaped in the lifeboats and were picked up by Runswick lifeboat. | |
| Giralda SS | [Tony Allen:]On the 30/03/1940 the 2.178 ton, 85m steamship Giralda SS was attacked and sunk by German aircraft with the loss of her crew of 23. | |
| Girdleness SS | [Tony Allen:]Girdleness, 3,018grt, defensively-armed British Merchantman on the 2 May 1918 was torpedoed and sunk without warnin, 18 miles NE by E ½ E from Trevose Head, North Cornwall, UK. 2 lives lost. | |
| Gironde | Pontoon. | |
| Gironde SS | SS GIRONDE 1852-1902 NTPW; gebouwd 1852, reid & co., port glasgow; 608 brt 362 nrt; 57.44x7.77x4.43; 100 npk, marine engineering co sunderland; 1852 opgeleverd als GIRONDE aan j.a.van hoey & smith,rotterdam; 1859 deels vernieuwde ketels geplaatst afkomstig uit de BORDEAUX; 1863 nieuwe ketels geplaatst; 1875 ingebracht bij james smith & co rotterdam.; 1883 ketel vervangen; 1898 nieuwe ketel ingebouwd; 16-1-1902 tijdens een reis van abberdeen naar rotterdam gestrand bij goeree en verloren gegaan. | |
| Gisella SS | [Tony Allen:]Gisella SS, a 2.502 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 18 November 1917, 2 miles SW by S from Skokham Island. 2 lives were lost. | |
| Gladiator HMS | British Navy second class cruiser; 1896; Portsmouth Dockyard; 5.750 tons; 320x57.5x21; 10.000 ihp; 19 knots; triple expansion engines; ten 6 in guns, nine 12pdr, 5 mg, 2 T.T. The Gladiator, Capt. W. Lumsden was overtaken by a strong N.W. gale and snowstorm on April 25th, 1908. At about 2.30pm the s.s. St. Paul, 11.629 tons of the International Mercantile Co. Suddenly loomed out of the murk to starboard and ran her down. She was struck amidships, but was able to make it to the Isle of Wight., where she ran aground near Black Rock buoy. St. Paul lowered boats and picked up a large number of the crew, many of whom at climbed on her portside as she heeled over. The normal compement of Gladiator was 480. Altogether one officer and 25 ratings were drowned and two died later. The Gladiator was successfully floated and returned for repair. | |
| Glamorganbrook | [Tony Allen:]Glamorganbrook; 805 tons; 199x31 ft; Built in 1939 as the WORTHTOWN, for Williamstown Shipping Co, London. On the 27.5.40 she was bombed and sunk at Dunkirk, salvaged by Germany. In 1942 renamed ILSE SCHULTE, for Schulte & Bruns, Emden. In 1945 she was seized by Allies at Schlei and renamed the EMPIRE WORTHTOWN and was requisioned by MOWT. In 1946 she was renamed GLAMORGANBROOK, for Comben Longstaff & Co. On the 11th October 1946 she sprang a leak and sank off Scarborough. | |
| Glanmire SS | [Tony Allen:]Glanmire was built 1888 by W.B.Thompson, Dundee | |
| Glen Avon HMS | Warship. | |
| Glen Strath Allen | [Tony Allen:]In 1928, shipbuilders Cochran & Sons of Selby, Yorkshire were contracted to build a steam trawler of 690 tons, 150 feet long, a beam of 24 feet with a speed of 10 knots, the Glen Strathallan SS. The firm that had ordered her went bankrupt before completion. She was bought by millionaire Colby Cubbin, who converted her to a pleasure yacht. She was lent to the Royal Navy during the 2nd world war as an escort vessel, after which she was returned & Colbin enjoyed her until his death. In his will he wished her to be used as a floating school and when the time came that she was no longer useful, she was to be sunk. | |
| Glenarm Head SS | 3.908 ton British Armed Steamer. Sunk: 4th January 1918 Torpedoed by the UB30. 2Killed. | |
| Glenart Castle SS | [Tony Allen:]Glenart Castle, hospital ship, 6,824grt, 26 February 1918, 10 miles West from Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, UK. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. On route from Cardiff to Brest to pick up war survivors. 186 people aboard the Glenart Castle. 95 lives lost including the master Capt. Bernard Burt. | |
| Glenartney SS | [Tony Allen:]Built in 1911 Glenartney and owned by the Rio Cape Line / J. Gardiner & Co. , she was 5.201grt. On the 18 March 1915, 4 miles S from Royal Sovereign Light Vessel, torpedoed without warning and sunk by a german submarine, 1 life lost. | |
| Glenartney SS | [Tony Allen:]Glenartney SS; Built in 1911 Glenartney and owned by the Rio Cape Line / J. Gardiner & Co., she was 5.201grt. On the 18 March 1915, 4 miles S from Royal Sovereign Light Vessel, torpedoed without warning and sunk by a german submarine, 1 life lost. | |
| Glenby SS | [Tony Allen:]Glenby was built in 1900 by Ropner & Son, Stockton by who she was owned. In 1915 she was sunk by gunfire from German submarine U-38, 30 miles North from the Smalls, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2 lives lost. | |
| GlenCarron SS | [Other Source:]British steamer; 5.117 tons. Torpedoed by a submarine on 19/02/1918. [Tony Allen:] Prince Line. Rio Cape Line / J. Gardiner & Co. | |
| Glendale | [Tony Allen:]Glendale was 252 tons and 220 feet in length. | |
| Glendalough SS | [Dave Beardall:] SS Glendalough was built in 1936 in Aberdeen. Its deadwieght tonnage was 1.212 tons. It served from 1936 to 1943 where is was badly damaged by a mine. Many say that it sank there and then however I have seen information from the Henry Bloggs museum which is attached to Cromer RNLI and they were helpful with regards to the sinking in 1943, and have informed a reliable source of mine that the Royal Navy had to deliberately sink the Glendalough after it was mined as it was in a busy shipping lane. The ship spent many of the war years performing a very important service of being a merchant ship, moving coal and other supplies up and down the East coast to aid the war effort. Casualties on 19th March 1943. (sunk by mine): John Nicol, Chief Engineer, Swansea, Francis V Boyd, A.B, Shoreham, Robert Millar, Cook, Dunmurry, A. Dawkins, Fireman, Southhampton, C. Galea, Fireman, Malta. During its service the steamer was also attacked on 9th August 1941. Bombed and seriously damaged by a Focke-wulf. The bomb hit the engine room and severely damaged the ship with the loss of at least 8 lives. It was then towed back to Grimsby where it was repaired only to sunk in the later mine incident in 1943. Casualties on 9th August 1941 (bombed and seriously damaged): Samuel Bunting, Chief Engineer, Ballymena W. White, 2nd Engineer, Carrickfergus Leonard Flint, A.B, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Frank Lovelace, Cook, Poole J E Anderson, Fireman, South Shields Wm Cunningham, Fireman, Gateshead J Scullion, Fireman, Gateshead. James Ormston, Gunner, Oldham, Manchester. James Ormston was my Grandad who was serving as an Anti Air gunner on the vessel and killed in the first attack. | |
| Glendinning SS | [Tony Allen:]Launched as the Sheaf Garth. Broke in two parts on torpedo impact. Stern remained afloat for some time and snak a mile away in 60 metres off Brighton. | |
| Glenlee SS | [Tony Allen:]Glenlee, 4,140grt, 29 May 1915, 67 miles SSW from Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo. | |
| Glenlee SS | [Other Source:]This ship is the wreck of an Armed Steamer and was sunk on August 8 1918, by a U-Boat torpedo, with 1 crew member lost. [Tony Allen:] 4.915grt, defensively-armed, 9 August 1918, 4 miles E by N from Owers LV, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 1 life lost. | |
| Glennon USS | DD-620; 1.620 tons; 348x36x17 feet; 37.5 kn; complement: 270; Armament: 4x5'', 2x40mm, 5x20mm, 5x21'' torpedo tubes; Glennon USS, an American destroyer was sunk by gunfire on 10th June 1944 after having hitting a mine. Escort Rich came to her rescue, but was herself sunk by two mines, near the Glennon. Finally Glennon was sunk by coast batteries. | |
| Glitrefjell | [Tony Allen:]Built in Porsgrunn, Norway 1934. Torpedoed and sunk by U-59 (Jürst) on December 16th 1939, 56 21N 00 38E (east of St. Abb's Head), when on a voyage from Oslo to the Tyne in ballast. 5 died, including the captain. The 13 survivors were rescued by a Greek ship some hours later and taken to Leith. | |
| Glittrefjell SS | [Tony Allen:]GLITTREFJELL was a Norwegian steam Freighter built in 1934 and owned by OLSEN & UGELSTAD , A/S RUDOLF. She was on route from OSLO for TYNE in ballast when she was torpedoed by u-59. | |
| Gloaming HMS | [Tony Allen:]Gloaming HMS, an auxillary steam drifter, struck the rocks known as the Outer Cledges on 3rd March 1921. | |
| Glocliffe SS | [Tony Allen:] Glocliffe was torpedoed by UB-40 in 1917; Vessel was carrying coal from Barry in Wales. | |
| Glorious HMS | British Navy, aircraft carrier; 1917; Harland & Wolff; 22.500 tons; 786.3x100x28; 90.000 ihp; 30 knots; turbine engines; Yarrow biloers; sisteen 4.7 in guns, four 3 pdr., 17 smaller, 48 aircraft. The aircraft carrier Glorious was a sistership to the Courageous which was torpedoed in the Channel by a German submarine September 17th, 1939. Both ships were originally battlecruisers designed for WWI, a purpose which they never fulfilled. Some years after the end of WWI, they were both converted. On June 8th, 1940, Glorious, escorted by destroyers Acastra and Ardent, was surprised by the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, while evacuating RAF aircraft from Norway. The three British warships were sunk in a very short space of time. The Germans anounced in their first communique that they had rescued hundreds of survivors, while an offical report stated that only 36 men from a raft were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. In total, 160 men were lost aboard Acasta, 152 aboard Ardent. Only one man survived from each ship. Glorious lost 1,207 men. | |
| Gloucester HMS | British Navy cruiser of the Mediterranean Fleet (Force C) sunk by bombs from German JU87s during Operation 'Merkur', the German airborne attack on the island of Crete. The crippled ship lay dead in the water, on fire and listing to port. The 'Abandon Ship' order was given and she sank at 5.15pm. The Gloucester's commander, Captain Rowley, 45 officers and 648 crewmembers were lost. | |
| Gluckauf | [Tony Allen:]Possibly Gluckauf. | |
| Glynymel SS | [Tony Allen:]Glynymel was a 1.394grt Britsih Merchant ship. On the 12th March 1917 when 23 miles S by W from St Catherine's Pt, Isle of Wight, English Channel she was captured by submarine and sunk by torpedo. 1 life lost. | |
| Goathland SS | [Arie De Lange] Reder: Headlam&Rowland. Gebouwd in 1906 door Tyne Iron Shipbuilding & Co. Afmeting lengte 99.4 m breedte 6,54 snelheid schip 10 knt Getorpedeerd door \Duitse onderzeeboot tien mijl zuid van Belle He. 21 opvarenden verloren hierbij het leven | |
| Gobernador Bories | To restrict access to Scapa Flow in both wars, old and damaged ships were scuttled in some of the entrances as deliberate obstructions to navigation. One of these blockships is the 2332 ton Gobernador Bories, built in 1882 and scuttled in Burra Sound in 1915. | |
| Gold | [Tony Allen:]Gold; 8.028 tons; 464x61 ft; Built in 1941 as a Tanker. requisioned by MOWT. On the 18th April 1945 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-1107 at 47°47N 06°26W. | |
| Gold Shell SS | [Jan Lettens:] Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. 1931; Brener Vulkan; 8.208 tons; 451.2x62.1x34.1ft; 714 nhp; 12.5 knots; oil engines. The tanker Gold Shell, Capt. W.F. Brierley was mined and sunk on April 19th, 1945, about ten miles off Oostend?. Capt. Brierley, 31 of the crew and three gunners were killed. [Other Source:] British tanker, built 1931 in Germany; 150x21m; 12,5 knots; waterdisplacement of 8.208 tons. She was part of the convoyA.T.M. 126, consisting of 30 ships, en voyage from England to Antwerp. The Goldshell was loaded with 8.000 tons of kerosine, when on April 16th 1945, around 1210, she was hot by a torpedo, fired from a German Seehunde onemansubmarine. After several explosions, the ship sunk in 20 minutes, but the superstructure remained above the sealevel, because of the shallow water. The ship continued to burn for 3 days. All crew from the bridge and the engine room were killed in the fire. This was the last WWII casualty in the North Sea. | |
| Golden Sunset | HMS Trawler | |
| Goldfinch HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1910; Fairfield Co; 747 tons; 246.5x25.3x8.7; 13.500 ihp; 27 knots; turbine engines; Yarrow boilers; two 4 in guns, two 12 pdr., one 3 pdr. A.A., 1 m.g., 2 T.T. The destroyer Goldfinch was wrecked off Start Point, Sanday Island, the Orkneys, in de dense fog on the night of February 18th-19th, 1918. Her official complement was 72. | |
| Gorizont | Russian factory/spy ship sunk in collision in 1975. | |
| Gorm SS | The danish cargo Gorm was being transfered by the Belgians to Ostend, when she hit a mine near to Zeebrugge. | |
| Gorse Thorn | [Tony Allen:]Gorse Thorn was 429 tons. Dimensions: 150x24x11 feet. | |
| Gothia | [Tony Allen:]Gothia was built in 1937 in Sweden and was 1640 tons. She was carrying sulphate and pulp from DOMAJO for GENOA when she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by U-51. 12 crew lost. | |
| Gowrie SS | [Tony Allen:]Gowrie SS, a 1.031 grt merchant steamer was torpedoed by a submarine October 10th 1917, 14 miles NE from Cherbourg, France. | |
| Grace Hill | [Tony Allen:]Grace Hill was 172 tons and 162 feet in length. | |
| Gracie fields | Southampton, Isle of Wight & S. of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.(red funnel steamers); 1936; J.I. Thornycroft & Co; 393 tons; 195.9x24.9x8; 185 rhp; 17 knots; compound diagonal engines. The paddle steamer Gracie Fileds was taken over by the Admiralty at the beginning of WWII for service as a mine-sweeper. On May 29th, 1940, when she engaged in the task of evacuating the British Army from Dunkirk beaches, she was sunk by German aircraft. | |
| Graffoe | [Tony Allen:]Graffoe was 2.996 tons and was 314 feet in length. | |
| Grafton HMS | British G-class destroyer; 1.355 tons; 97,8mx 10mx2,5m; 34.000shp; turbine engines; 35 knots; 4x4.7'' canons; 7 small; 8T.T. built in 1935 by Thornycroft & Co. Sunk by a torpedo of UC-62 while evacuating troops from Dunkirk, during the night of 29th May 1940. Grafton was struck when trying to assist the WAKEFULL HMS, who was also torpedoed by UC-62. When another friendly ship, the COMFORT tried to assist Grafton, Grafton started fighting the Comfort, thinking she was responsible for the attack, hereby killing nearly everybody on board of the Comfort. The disaster was complete, when COMFORT was rammed by another friendly ship, the LYDD. | |
| Grand Copaise | Wooden trawler. | |
| Granville SS | Iron steamer; 1930; by Cochrane et Fils Selby; 51m; triple expansion engines; one boiler; 4 bladed iron screw. Bombed on 13th June 1940 by German batteries, while evacuating Dunkerque. The engine exploded and a second explosion tore off the aft part of the ship. | |
| Graph HMS | [Tony Allen:]Graph HMS was 760 tons and 213 feet in length. | |
| Gravine SS | [Tony Allen:]Gravine was a 1.242grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 7th February 1917 when 85 miles W from Fastnet, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 7 lives lost, Master and 14 made prisoners. | |
| Gre 14 | [L. Remijn:] Sailing yacht sunk after collision with an unknown object. For the history, see: http://www.wdsr.nl/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=56 | |
| Greatham SS? | [Tony Allen:]Greatham SS 2.338grt, defensively armed merchantman. On 22 January 1918, 3 miles SE from Dartmouth, Devon, England she was torpedoed without warning by a submarine. 7 killed. | |
| Greavesash SS | [Tony Allen:]Greavesash was a 1,263grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 26 February 1918 when 10 miles NE from Cape Barfleur, France she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 8 lives lost. | |
| Greenland SS | [Tony Allen:]Greenland was a 1.763grt Britsih Merchant ship. On the 14th February 1917 when 20 miles SW from Bardsey Island, Wales she was captured by submarine, sunk by bombs. | |
| Greenock | [Tony Allen:]Greenock was built in 1876 by Simons Renfrew | |
| Greldon SS | [Tony Allen:]Greldon, a 3.322 grt defensively armed merchnat steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on October 8th 1917, 7 miles ENE from N Arklow Light Vessel, Ireland. 28 lives were lost including the captain. | |
| Greleen SS | [Tony Allen:]Greleen SS (ex BALLATER, ex-BLAIRMORE.), 2.286 grt, defensively armed, was on route from Bilbao to Middlesborough with a cargo of Iron Ore, when she was sunk September 22nd 1917, 7 miles E by N from Berry Head, Brixham, Devon. Torpedoed without warning by submarine UB-40. 19 lives were lost including Master. | |
| Greltoria SS | [Tony Allen:]Greltoria SS, a 5.143 grt, defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a German U-boot, 27th September 1917, 3 miles NW by N ½ N from Flamborough Head,Yorkshire. | |
| Grenade HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1935; A. Stephen & Sons; 1.335 tons; 323x33x8.5; 34.000 SHP; 35.5 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; four 4.7 in. Guns, 7 smaller, 8 T.T. The destroyer Grenade, 'G' Class, Cdr. R.C. Boyle, had been sent to test the strength of the shore batteries at Calais with Jaguar and Gallant. While later embarking troops alongside at the East Mole, Dunkirk she was bombed and set on fire in Dunkirk harbour on May 29th, 1940, when taking part in the evacuation of the British Army. At 16.00 hours she was hit again, this time seriously, one of which went straight down a funnel and she caught fire and swung out of control into the fairway. A trawler took the burning Grenade in tow to prevent her from blocking the fairway, but it was not possible to do more than this. She was towed out of the harbour where she exploded and sank some hours later. The official complement was 145, but the exact number of troops at the time is not known. | |
| Grenadier SS | [Tony Allen:]Grenadier was a 1.004grt British Merchant ship. On the 23rd February 1917 when 6 miles ENE from Shipwash Light Vessel she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 8 lives lost including Master. | |
| Grenock | [Tony Allen:]Grenock; Dredger built 1876 by Simons, Renfrew. | |
| Grenville HMS | British Navy destroyer; 1935; Yarrow & Co; 1.485 tons; 327x34.5x8.7; 38.000 shp; 36 knots; turbine engines; 3-drum boilers; five 4.7 in. Guns; 7 smaller; 8 T.T. The destroyer Grenville, Capt. G.E. Creasy, M.V.O. was mined and sunk in the Southern North Sea on January 19th, 1940. The ship carried a complement of 190 of whom 81 officers and ratings were killed. Capt. Creasy was among the survivors. | |
| Gresham SS | [Tony Allen:]Gresham was 3,774grt and a defensively-armed merchantship. On the 26th April 1918, when 18 miles NW by N ½ N from Strumble Head, Wales she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Gressholm | [Tony Allen:]Built 1921? 1930? Previous name: Neptun until 1939. Neptun (HCMG, ESFI) Cargo motor vessel with wooden hull, 621 brt - 444 nrt - 49,83 x 10,53 x 4,46 metres - 1 Bolinder 4zyl.2takt Petroleum engine. Probably built in 1921, but the beginning of this ship's history is not clear. First mentioned in Estonian registry in 1930, and in Lloyd's 1932. Rebuilt in 1930 at M. & G. Hohensee, Orajoe as Neptun owned by J. Dicks & Co. Ltd., Pärnu (ES). Owner in 1938 OÜ I Pärnumaa Eesti Laevahituse Ühisus, Pärnu (ES). Became Gressholm for a Stavanger based Norwegian owner 1939. Struck a mine and sank in 53 35(55?)N 02 55E on October 13th 1939 (off the east coast of England, mine laid by U-15?) when on a voyage from Kristiansand to Antwerp with a cargo of 600 tons sulphite and wood pulp. 3 crew died. | |
| Gretafield SS | [Tony Allen:]Gretafield was a British Steam Tanker built in 1928. She was on route from CURACAO for INVERGORDAN carrying 13.000 tons of oil fuel when she was torpedoed by U-57 on the 14th February 1940. She was owned by HUNTING & SON LTD NORTHERN PETROLEUM TANK STEAM SHIP CO LTD. 11 crew lost from a total crew 41. | |
| Grethe Dania | Built in 1969 for Dania Shipping, Mandall; 175 n tons; 299 b tons; 55mx9,3mx3,49m; 6 cylinder motor; 10 knots. | |
| Greypoint SS | [Tony Allen:]Greypoint was a 894grt Britsih Merchant ship. On the 18th March 1917 when 2 miles SE by E from Broadstairs Landing, Kent she was torpedoed without warning by torpedo boat. | |
| Gripfast SS | Collier SS Gripfast, 1,109grt, (Newbigin SS Co.) sunk by German aircraft on the 9th July 1942 killing 5 crew 50 25.43N; 02 29.95W | |
| Gris Brumaire | Sunk after a collision in 1957. | |
| Grive | Unknown. British patrol boat ? Grive, ex-Narcissus was built by Fairchild Ship & Engineering Co. in Glasgow in 1905. She was a screw schooner, 816 tons, 222.7x27.7x15.4 ft | |
| Gro SS | [Tony Allen:]Gro SS. Torpedoed and sunk by UC-47 in 1917 whilst carrying a cargo of coal. Lies 400 metres from the WK of the Medina. | |
| Groningen SS | [Michael Tolhuisen] SS Groningen; 1875; Wm. Ruys & J.Hoven, Rotterdam; 2.475 tons; 90m. Ran aground and sunk in a storm January 6th, 1876, while on voyage from Antwerp to Rotterdam on the river Maas. Groningen and her cargo were salvaged. | |
| Gros Loulou | Was sunk in December 1991 (plan Mellick) | |
| Grosser Kurfurst | [Diving Sussex:]Grosser Kurfurst; 6663 ton 370ft, German Iron clad. Sunk: 31st May 1878 in collision with a German Iron clad. 284 died. | |
| Grove | [Tony Allen:]Grove; 320 tons; 132x25 ft; Built in 1941 as a Coaster. Requisioned as MOWT. On the 18th October 1941 she ran ashore near Hartland Point, Devon. She was a total loss. | |
| Gruno | [Martien Slaats:]Gruno, ex- Frean is 26-9-1956 in aanvaring gekomen met het russisch vissersvaartuig Kolomna (558 ton) tijdens dichte mist en in tien minuten gezonken. Drie man vermist. | |
| Grutto SS | Grutto, a dutch steam freighter of 920 tons, was built in 1925. She was on voyage from London to Rotterdam via Gravesend on 4th March 1940, when she was torpedoed at 20:58hrs by U-17. There were 18 casualties. | |
| Gudveig SS | [Tony Allen:]Built at Odense, Denmark 1920. Previous name: Robert Maersk. She was 73.5m x 11.04m x 4.95m, had one deck, a single propeller powered by a 3 cyl. triple exp. steam engine developing 106 hp using one boiler. Became Norwegian Gudveig in 1935, owned by D/S A/S Gudvin. On the 25th January, 1940 - 'SS Gudveig' (1,300t) a Norwegian ship was on route from TYNE for BERGEN carrying coal, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-19, 5 miles NE by E of Longstone Island, Farnes at 55 42 15N 01 30 30W and lies in 50 metres of water. 10 crew were lost and 8 crew saved. | |
| Guernsey Coast | [Tony Allen:]GUERNSEY COAST, 650 ton motor vessel, sunk in collision in 1964. Lies off the Isle of Wight, English Channel. | |
| Guethary | [Tony Allen:]Guethary was 2178 tons and 277 feet in length. | |
| Guide Me II | [Tony Allen:]Guide Me II, drifter converted to gunboat. | |
| Guildford | [Tony Allen:]Guildford was 1871 tons and 265 feet in length. | |
| Guildhall SS | [Tony Allen:]Guildhall was a 2.609grt defensively armed Britsih Merchant steamship. On the 25th June 1917 when 40 miles SW by W ½ W from Bishop Rock, English Channel she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 12 lives lost. | |
| Guillemot (le) | Built in 1978 by ''chantiers Querrien''. Sunk while her nets got stuck. | |
| Gulf of Panama SS | [Ernst Jongejan:]Op weg van Japan naar Bremen met een lading rijst | |
| Gullfoss HMS | [Diving Sussex:]Gullfoss HMS; 730 ton admiralty trawler, sunk 9th March 1941 after hitting a mine. | |
| Gulzar | Sunk after an air raid on 27/07/1940. | |
| Gun wreck | Unknown wreck. Called ''Gun wreck'' because of the canon at the stern. | |
| Gunvor | [Tony Allen:]Gunvor, steel three masted barque, ran aground in fog on 6th April 1912. | |
| Gustaf E Reuter | [Tony Allen:]Gustaf E Reuter was a Swedish Motor Tanker built in 1928 and owned by REUTER, HAKON A. REDERI-A/B REUT. She was on route from SWEDEN for CURACAO in ballast when she was torpedoed by U-48, 14 miles WNW FAIR ISLAND, SHETLAND. 1 crew lost. | |
| Gwladmena | [Tony Allen:]Gwladmena was built in 1878 in the harbour dockyard of West Hartlepool by Irvine & Co. as the Mary Hough. She was named after the wife of the first owner. She was powered by two compound steam engines with two boilers producing a total output of 136HP. In 1912 the Hough Line was taken over and she was renamed the Maggie Warrington. She entered WW1 as the Gwladmena, owned by Stone & Co and armed with a stern deck gun. She was sun in collision by the Flora in thick fog whilst at anchor. The Captain & 16 crew were saved before she foundered. | |
| Gyda SS | [Tony Allen:]Gyda was formerly called Gijones in 1926 and was built in 1920 as a steam freighter. She was owned by HANSEN, WILLIAM, . SKIBS-A/S WILLIAM HANSENS REDARI. When on route from GLASGOW for BATHURST N.B carrying salt cake she was torpedoed by U-58 and sunk. 11 crew lost were lost and 9 saved. | |
| Gypsy HMS | Destroyer. Lost after hitting a mine off Harwich, she was beached but was a total loss. | |
| H. C. Flood | [Tony Allen:] Delivered in Oct.-1917 from Bergen mek. Verksted, Bergen as H. C. Flood to D/S A/S H. C. Flood (Knut Knutsen O.A.S.), Haugesund. 1906(?) gt, 1135 net, 3062 tdwt, 266.9' x 32.1', 3 cyl. Triple exp. 208 nhp (BMV). Sold in Jan.-1936 to D/S A/S Falkeid (Th. Nordbø jr.), Haugesund. (""Våre gamle skip"" by Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn). Struck a mine laid by a German destroyer when on a voyage from Hull to Oslo with a cargo of coke on December 15th 1939, sank 55 02N 01 12W. 17 out of the 21 on board were rescued. | |
| H. G. Blasdel SS | [Tony Allen:]H. G. Blasdel SS. Torpedoed off Normandy with the loss of 76 lives. | |
| H-15 HMS Esk | [Martien Slaats:] 31-8-1940 a group of destroyers sailed from Immingham on a minelaying mission off the Dutch coast. The minelayers were from the 20th destroyer flotilla and consisted of the destroyers HMS Express. HMS Esk, HMS Icarus ,HMS Interpid and HMS Ivanhoe. The minelayers were escorted by members of the 5th destroyer flotilla consisting of the destroyers HMS Kelvin HMS Jupiter and HMS Vortigern. Aerial reconnaissance detected a german force and the ships of the 20th and 5th were ordered to intercept believing wrongly that the German ships were part of an invasion force. HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged. HMS Esk went to her assistance and hit mine and sank immediately. HMS Ivanhoe also went to her assistance and hit a mine and was badly damaged so much so she had to be sunk by HMS Kelvin. The following day they while returning to base HMS Galatea struck another mine and was slightly damaged of cleaner shoal buoy near the Humber Light Vessel. | |
| H-47 HMS | This submarine was lost with the loss of 19 crew as a result of being rammed by another submarine L12. The location was off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. There were three survivors. | |
| Hafnia SS | Steamer sunk on 8th June 1917. | |
| Halberdier SS | [Tony Allen:]Halberdier SS, a 1.049 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 6 January 1918, 27 miles W by N from Bardsey Island, Wales. | |
| Halcyon SS | [Tony Allen:]Halcyon, 1,319grt, 7 April 1916, 3 ½ miles SW by S from Folkestone Pier, mined and sunk. | |
| Halloween | [Tony Allen:]Halloween, a famous iron fully rigged tea-clipper, wrecked at the west end of Soar Mill Cove, Devon, UK in 1887 when homeward-bound with 1600 tons of tea from China. | |
| Halo SS | War Brigade (2) Completed as HALO, Gas Light & Coke Co. Ltd. (Stephenson Clarke & Co.), London; 22.1.45 torpedoed and sunk by E-boat 51.22N 02.24E (Lloyd’s war losses the second world war:) Voyage; Caen and Downs for Antwerp Cargo; Woods sleepers & Governement stores General; Crew 22 and 5 gunners, all saved. Taken in tow but sank at 1.45 a.m jan 23 1945. Wreck lies in 51 21 24 N 2 21 45 E. [Other source:] Friday, 21st March 1941 'SS Halo' (2,365t) cargo ship, was sunk by a mine off Beckton Pier, River Thames, as she arrived from the Tyne with a cargo of coal - she was later salvaged and on the 22nd January 1945 was torpedoed, W of Flushing, by an E Boat whilst sailing from Caen to Antwerp, she sank in tow the following day. | |
| Halsewell | The Halsewell was an East Indiaman, built by Wells of Blackwell. She was around 750 tons when loaded, and was in the charge of Captain Pierce as she set sail for India from England at the beginning of January 1786. In the early hours of the 6th, she was blown into the cliffs along the Dorset coast. Most of the people drawned or perished from the cold or fell from the steep cliffs in an effort to save their lifes. | |
| Hampshire HMS | [Tony Allen:]The HMS Hampshire was a armoured battle cruiser of the Devonshire class built for the Royal Navy. She was constructed at the Chatham Dockyard in Kent and commissioned in 1905 at a cost of around £900.000. Weight/displacement: 10.850 ton. Length: 473,5 ft (144 m). Width: 68.5 ft (20,9 m). Draft: 24 ft (7,3 m). Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h); Armament: four 7,5 in (191 mm) guns; six 6 in (152 mm) guns; two 12-pounders (5 kg); eighteen 3-pounders (1,4 kg); two 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes. Hampshire, carrying Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic voyage to Russia, struck a mine and sank with the loss of 643 officers and men including Lord Kitchener. Only 12 survivors. Mine believed to have been laid by U-75. | |
| Hanna Larsen SS | [Tony Allen:]Hanna Larsen was a 1.311grt British Merchant ship. On the 8th February 1917 when 20 miles E ¾ N from Spurn Point, UK she was captured by submarine and sunk by bombs. 1 life lost. Master taken prisoner. | |
| Hanne SS | [Tony Allen:]Hanne was a Dabish Steam Freighter built in 1905. She was on route from COPENHAGEN for BLYTH in ballast when she hit a mine laid by U-22 and sank. 15 crew lost. Sank 1 miles East of BLYTHE, Northumberland, UK. | |
| Hans Kinck SS | [Martien Slaats:]Hans Kinck; 2667 tons; 300.0 x 41.0 x 25.8 ft; Norwegian steam cargo; On 7th February 1917, she was torpedoed by UC-39, whilst in ballast from Rotterdam to Newcastle, 8 km NNE from Noordhinder light vessel; | |
| Hansa | [Martien Slaats:]Hansa sunk, while on voyage from Holland to Bremen | |
| Hansy | [Tony Allen:]Hansy, a steel square rigged ship was built at Dunbarton, Scotland in 1885, as the Aberfoyle. Renamed Hansy in 1910. She measured 258.8x38.1x22.7 feet. She ran aground 1911. | |
| Har Zion SS | [Tony Allen:]Har Zion was a British cargo steamer built in 1907. She was on route from LIVERPOOL for SAVANNAH carrying a cargo of 1000 cases of spirits and 120 tons of fertiliser when she was torpedoed by U-38 and sunk. 36 crew lost. 1 crew survived. | |
| Harald | [Tony Allen:]Harald was 1435 tons and 233.7 feet in length. | |
| Harden SS | Collision with underwater object, anchored and then sank. | |
| Harlington SS | [Tony Allen:]Harlington was built in 1913 as the Figulina. In 1915 purchased from Soc. Francais d'Armaments, renamed Harlington on the UK east coast feeder service. In 1916 she was mined 4 miles SW from the Shipwash Light Vessel, Harwich and sunk; loss of 7 lives. | |
| Harmatris SS | [Tony Allen:]Harmatris, 6.387grt, 8 March 1916, ¼ mile NE by N from Boulogue Breakwater, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 4 lives lost. | |
| Harold SS | [Tony Allen:]Harold SS was owned by Henry Brigg & Son Co of Hull she grossed 1.257 tons. Her cargo was iron ore and she was bound from Bilboa to Ayr. She ran aground on Butter Pladdy and was reflaoted on the next tide. Whilst under way for Ayr she went down after a tremendous explosion. Seven survivors were picked up by the passing steamer Telegraph. 10 crew died. | |
| Harpagas | Chaland type ? | |
| Harpalyce SS | [Tony Allen:]Harpalyce was built in 1940. She was a freighter of 5169 tons carrying a cargo of 8000 tons of stell from Baltimore and Halifax for Hull. She was torpedoed by U-124 without warning and sunk. 37 of the 42 crew were lost. | |
| Harrington SS | [Tony Allen:]Harrington SS was built in 1889 by Ritson & Co, Maryport. Gross 367 tons. Measured 46,73x7,34x3,3metres. Powered by a 60 hp three cylinder triple expnasion steam engine. Owned by Plissan Steam Nav Cpy and registered in Londonderry. She was leaving Larne with a cargo of Potatoes when a mooring rope became entangled around her propellor. Before she could drop anchor she ran aground at Ferris Point and became a total loss. | |
| Harrow | [Ernst Jongejan:]Was met lading katoen op weg van Calveston naar Bremen. | |
| Harrow SS | [Tony Allen:]Harrow was 1,777grt and a defensively-armed steamship. On the 8 September 1917, 4 miles SE from Whitby she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost. | |
| Harry Luckenbach | [Stuart Wilson:] Harry Luckenbach; (ex-Surrey, ex-Michigan) 1881; by W. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool for the Atlantic Transport Line, London. In 1900 she came under the ownership of the American Luckenbach Lines and renamed HARRY LUCKENBACH. On January 6th, 1918 she was torpedoed by U-84 in the Bay of Biscay | |
| Harry Sharman SS | Steam tug. Sunk: Ran aground in 1970 | |
| Hartburn SS | [Tony Allen:]Hartburn SS, a 2.367grt defensively armed cargo was torpedoed without warning by a submarine, October 15th 1917, 10 miles South from Anvil Point. 3 lives were lost. | |
| Hartlepool SS | [Tony ALlen:]Carrying ammunition when it was attacked by an E Boat and sank. | |
| Hartley SS | [Tony Allen:]Hartley SS, a 1.150 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 26 January 1918, 2 miles NE from Skinningrove. | |
| Hartley SS | Steel steamer of 2.147 tons, sank following stress of weather in 1924. | |
| Harvester HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Harvester was captained by Cmdr. Tatit. Protecting Convoy HX-228 when she was torpedoed by U-444 | |
| Hastings County | [Tony Allen:]Hastings County, 4.178 tons, 116m, ran aground in fog on the island of Auskerry in 1926. Within 4 months she was broken up. | |
| Hathor SS | [HSAC:]Hathor SS was a 7060 ton German steamship, built in 1912. She measured 472ftx61ft and was powered with a 482hp 3-cylinder triple expansion engines. Cargo of Nitrate of soda, oil cake, Chile to Portland. Sunk: 2 December, 1920, on Lethegus Rocks after breaking free from tow and dragging anchors. [Plympton:] 2869 ton British steamer built 1893. 314ftx40ft. 256hp triple expansion engines. 4.100 tons maize, Rosario to Dublin, via Falmouth. Position: 49°53'00N - 06°20'48W (all positions are GPS). Sunk: 14 August, 1909, by running on to Lethegus Rocks, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly in thick fog. Capsized later and sank, drowning two islanders engaged in salvage. | |
| Haugarland SS | [Martien Slaats:] Haugerland SS struck a mine in 1942. | |
| Havant | [Plongeurs de Dunkerque:]Alors qu'il venait de tranférer les soldats embarqués sur le destroyer ''IVANOHE'' mis à mal par deux bombes de ''stukas'', le ''HAVANT'' fut à son tour attaqué par les mêmes avions, et touché par deux fois. Les projectiles exploseront dans la salle des machines, une troisième bombe tombera juste devant le navire. A 10 heures 15, alors qu'il était secouru par le dragueur de mines ''SALTASH'' et le vapeur de plaisance ''NACISSA'', il coule. | |
| Havre (la) SS | Ran aground on the Platte Boue reef. Lies on top of the Waverley, much flattened out. | |
| Hawke HMS | [Dirk Eekelers:]British Light cruiser torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-9. She was part of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and had met with HMS Endymion so she could collect mail. An account of the sinking by a U boat crew member : http://www.warships.net/royalnavy/losses/hawke-sinking.htm) [Tony Allen:]HMS Hawke, British, Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser. Torpedoed by German submarine U-9 off Aberdeen in the North Sea. The torpedo hit amidships and HMS Hawke capsized within 10 minutes. The destroyer Swift and the steamer Modesta picked up 71 survivors but about 500 crew were lost. | |
| Hawnby SS | [Martien Slaats:]Hawnby is door vliegtuigen van f.div:9 tot zinken gebracht [Tony Allen:]Hawnby was built in 1936 by Wm. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool and owned by the Ropner Shipping cpy. According to them she was mined in the Thames estuary on the 29th February 1940 and was 5404 tons. | |
| Hawtorn | 296 ton barque, sunk in 1881. | |
| Hayburn Wike HMS | Engelse trawler van de Mersey Class. Gebouwd in 1917 door Goole. Ze werd door de Britse Navy bij het uitbreken van de tweede wereldoorlog terug in actieve dienst gezet als schip voor bewaking van kusten en konvooien. Ze had een lengte van 148 voet, een breedte van 23,75 voet en een diepgang van 12,75 voet. De Hayburn Wijke haalde een snelheid van 11 knopen en droeg de kenletters FY 139. | |
| Haytor SS | [Martien Slaats:]Mined on 26th July 1940, while on voyage from London to Blyth. | |
| Hazard HMS | Torpedo gunboat of 1.070 tons, 250ftx30ft, draught of 13ft. One that is deserving of mention is the sad loss of HMS Hazard, the doughty ex-torpedo gun boat which had given such sterling service as the tender to the early submarines. On January 28th 1918, the Hazard was steaming in the eastern Solent when it was rammed by the large casualty-clearing steamer Western Australia. The Hazard was virtually sliced in half and sank very quickly. Although it carried a complement of 120 men, all but three were saved and a fourth one later died from his injuries. (not sure about the picture) | |
| Hazard HMS | Steaming motor gunboat, triple expansion engines; 3.500 hp; 18,5 knots; 2x4.7'' guns, 4x6 lbs; 5 TT | |
| Hazardous HMS | Historic wreck, 54 gun third rate, built in 1698 and captured from the French in 1703. She was refitted as a 4th grade ship and re-commissioned in March 1704. She was lost in a storm in November 1706. | |
| Hazelpark SS | [Tony Allen:]Hazelpark was a 1.964grt defensively-armed Britsih Merchant ship. On the 20th March 1917 when 3 miles S by E from Start Point, Devon she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine. | |
| Hazelwood SS | [Tony Allen:]Hazelwood was 3,120grt and a defensively-armed merchantship. On the 18 October 1917, 8 miles S by E ½ E from Anvil Point she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 32 lives lost including Master. | |
| HD-147 Wilhelmina | [Hugo Raven:]dit is de HD 147 WILHELMINA, lang 21,10 meter, breedte 5.40 meter. Deze kotter is zaterdagmiddag 10-06-2006 om ong 14.45 uur gezonken tijdens bergingswerkzaamheden van koper uit de HARDHALION. Daarbij is 1 man omgekomen | |
| HD-6 Neeltje Cornelis | [Nico Vlieggeert:] De 'Neeltje' heeft een vliegtuigmotor in de netten gekregen en is daardoor omgeslagen. [G.J. Van Welie:]Op 7-10-1966 is het gekapseisd en gezonken. Dit gebeurde na het opvissen van een vliegtuig motor. Drie bemaningsleden wisten zich te redden. De 17 jarige broer van de schipper Jan Sluiter was in de brug en verdronk. Zijn lichaam is door duikers van de marine geborgen. | |
| Headley SS | [Tony Allen:]Headley was a 4.953grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 19th February 1917 when 35 miles SSW from Bishop Rock, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Heathdene SS | [Tony Allen:]Heathdene was a 3,541grt merchant ship. On the 7 September 1916 when 38 miles SSW from the Lizard she was captured by a German submarine and scuttled. | |
| Hebble SS | [Tony Allen:]Hebble was a 904grt British Merchant ship. On the 6th May 1917 when 1½ miles E from Roker Pier, Sunderland she hit a mine and sank. 5 lives lost. | |
| Hebburn SS | [Tony Allen:]Hebburn, 1,938grt, defensively-armed, 25 September 1918, 14 miles North from Mine Head, Bristol Channel, United Kingdon. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost. | |
| Hecla HMS | Royal Navy destroyer depot ship of 11.000 tons, 600x60ft; She contained a 20.000 square feet of workshop place. She also had one 10 ton and two 4 ton cranes. Taking part in the Allied landings in North Africa, Hecla HMS was torpedoed 5 times by U-515 in the Straits of Gibraltar and went down at 01.16 on 12th November 1942. A total of 279 men died. | |
| Hedwig Lunstedt | Built in 1963, 198.2x43.8x12.9ft. Sunk in heavy weather, when her cargo of iron shifted. 4 crew drowned, 4 were saved from their lifeboat. | |
| Heidrun SS | [Tony Allen:]Built in 1871. Sank whilst carrying a cargo of coal from Swansea to Rouen when she ran into a severe storm. All crew died. | |
| Heinkel | Heinkel German/Junkers 88 bomber. Sunk when shot down in 1940. | |
| Heinkel 111 | Middelzware Duitse bommenwerper, oorspronkelijk ontworpen als snel tweemotorig post- en passagiersvliegtuig. In 1940 was bij de Luftwaffe het type He-111H in gebruik als tandaard bommenwerper. De produktie werd voortgezet tot eind 1944 omdat de Duitsers er niet in slaagden het toestel door een beter model te vervangen. Er werden ongeveer 7300 van gebouwd. In de slag om Engeland bleken zij met hun 380 km per uur niet snel genoeg om de Britse jagers te ontwijken. Door de vele ramen was de bemanning bovendien erg kwetsbaar. Een visserschip ving op de visserijgronden ter hoogte van Raversijde een vleugel van een vliegtuig op. Dit werd vastgesteld toen de korre boven water werd gehaald. Vermoedelijk betreft het hier de vleugel van het watervliegtuig dat in 1940 werd neergeschoten; feit waarvan vele kustbewoners getuige waren.'' (Het Visserijblad N° 33, vrijdag 18 oogst 1967, blz. 7) | |
| Hela | [Tony Allen:]Hela, German, Hela class Light Cruiser Torpedoed by the British submarine E-9 off Heligoland killing 2 crew. | |
| Helena Faulbaums | [Tony Allen:]Vessel was 1951 tons and 280.1 feet in length. | |
| Helene | [Tony Allen:]Fishing vessel sank after hitting a German mine. | |
| Hellopes SS | [Brian Petre:]Steamship of 2.774 tons, 320 ftx40 ftx17 ft. Sunk: February 1, 1913 due to a cargo shift in a gale. [Tony Allen:] Sunk 29/12/1911 | |
| Henry B. Plant | Henry B. Plant; Built in 1944 WSA (A. L. Burbank & Co, NY). On 6th February 1945 she was torpedoed and sunk in Straits of Dover by U-245. | |
| Henry Moon | [Diving Sussex:]1091 ton Collier, sunk 24th July 1940 by German Bombers. | |
| Hera | [Jan Lettens:] Four-masted steel barque, 1886; ex-Richard Wagner; 1.994 ton, 276x41x23 ft. Hera was en route from Chili to Falmouth with a cargo of nitrate, when on the 1st february 1914, she struck the Whelps reef during a south-westerly gale, which ripped through her hull and sank on the west side of Gull Rock, St Veryan Bay, Cornwall. The crew attempted to launch lifeboats, but they capsized. Only 5 survived, clinging to the only remaining mast. 19 sailors washed ashore and were buried in a massgrave in Veryan churchyard. | |
| Hercules SS | [Tony Allen:]Hercules, 1,295grt, defensively-armed, 30 December 1917, 3 miles ENE from Whitby, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 12 lives lost including Master. | |
| Hereford Express | [Tony Allen:]Hereford Express was 217 tons and was 218.8 feet in length. | |
| Herefordshire SS | [Tony Allen:]Herefordshire was built Belfast 1905 and register in Liverpool. She was a twin screw Steamer 4 masted. 5905 tons. 452' x 54'ft. She was being towed from Dartmouth to Glasgow for scrap by the tugs Wrestler/Chieftain when she foundered. | |
| Hermes HMS | Built by Fairfield and completed 5 Oct 1899. This 3 funnel protected cruiser from the Highflyer Class was outfitted as a seaplane carrier during april-may 1913 for trials purposes. Torpedoed and sunk 31 October 1914 while serving as aircrafttransport by U-27 (commander Wegener) in Dover Straits. | |
| Hermine | [Tony Allen:]Hermine was 538 tons and 159.7 feet in length. | |
| Heron | [Dirk Eekelers:]The Heron sank in 1961 on the Paternosters Reef. [Mark Page:] It was a small cargo vessel (500tons?) carrying tomatoes or potatoes (can't remember which) to England. | |
| Herport SS | Load of 3.400 tons of coal. | |
| Herrington SS | [Tony Allen:]Herrington was a 1.258grt British Merchant ship. On the 4th May 1917 when ¾ mile ESE from Red Head, Forfar, she hit a mine and sank. | |
| Herzogin Cecilie | [HSAC:]3.111 ton four-masted steel clipper, built 1902. 336ftx46ft, North German Lloyd Line; 4.250 tons of wheat, Port Lincoln, Australia to Ipswich, via Falmouth. Sunk: 25 April, 1936, by striking the Ham Stone off Soar Mill Cove in fog. Raised and towed to Starehole Bay, near Salcombe, where it was settled upright ready for repairs before its back broke in later storms. | |
| HH Petersen | [Martien Slaats:]HH Petersen is getorpedeerd door Duiste Schellboot S-101 | |
| Highland Brigade SS | Highland Brigade SS; Large Merchant, 385ftx50ft and 5.669 tons. Sunk: Torpedoed by UC-71 in 1918. | |
| Highland Corry SS | Highland Corry; Steamer built 1910; 7.583 ton; for the Nelson Line; 3 decks; steel & shelter deck, 414x56.3x27.1 ft.; triple expansion; 837 nhp; 13.5 knots. On 16th May 1917, while on a voyage from La Plata to London, she was torpedoed by a German submarine, four miles South of the Owers Light Vessel, with the loss of five lives. | |
| Highland Fling SS | [Tony Allen:]Highland Fling SS was built as the Morayshire in 1890 then renamed the Duke of Portland in 1898. | |
| Highland Holmn | [Tony Allen:] Highland Holmn, an iron sailing ship, 71x11m; 1.371 tons. Passenger vessel. Sank under tow. | |
| Highland Patriot | [Tony Allen:]Higland Patriot was a British Motor Cargo Vessel built in 1932 and owned by ROYAL MAIN LINES LTD and on route from BUENOS AIRES for CLYDE (F.O) carrying 5700 tons refrigerated and general cargo when she was torpedoed by U-38 and sunk. 3 crew lost from a total crew 143. | |
| Himalaya SS | [Tony Allen:]Himalaya, built in 1853 was the largest three masted steamer at that time. She was dive bombed by a German JU)88 in 1940 and sunk. | |
| Hindustan SS | [Tony Allen:]Hindustan was built in 1863. 1873 she was purchased from British & Eastern Shipping Co: in 1874 renamed Waitara;in 1883 sunk in collision with Hurunui in English Channel; loss of 20 lives. 883 tons. | |
| Hinemoa | [Tony Allen:]Hinemoa was a sailing vessel of 2.283grt. On 7th September 1917, 35 miles WSW from Bishop Rock, she was captured by a submarine and sunk by gunfire. | |
| Hirano Maru | [Tony Allen:]Hirano Maru was a Japanese Liner that was torpedoed in the Irish Sea / S/W Pembrokeshire and sunk. | |
| Hird | [Tony Allen:]Hird was a Norwegian vessel built in 1924. She was previously called HOPERANGE (1937) SWANLEY (1924). When on route from PANAMA CITY and MOBILE for MANCHESTER vcarrying a cargo of 8101 tons general cargo inc rosin, lumber and 197 tons carbon she was torpedoed and sunk by U-65. All the crew were saved. | |
| Hispania SS | [HSAC:]1.337 ton Swedish steamer, built 1912. 236ftx37ft. 175hp triple-expansion engine. Cargo: Steel, asbestos, nylon rope, sheet rubber, Liverpool to Varberg, Sweden. Steel salvaged. Bronze prop gone too. [Divernet:]On Saturday, 18 December 1954, the storm wind, rain and sleet became so bad that Captain Ivan Dahn took the Hispania into the waters of the Scottish islands for shelter, writes Kendall McDonald. The Swedish steamer, built in 1912, had left Liverpool the previous day bound for Varberg with a cargo of steel, asbestos and rubber sheeting. In the Sound of Mull, visibility was almost nil, but the Hispania got nearly all the way up it before striking Sgeir More (the ''Big Rock''), half a mile off the western shore of Mull, at 9pm. Her engines were immediately put to full astern, and that dragged her off backwards. But it was clear that she was badly holed forward, and was soon listing heavily to port. The crew of 21 had plenty of time to launch their two lifeboats, but Captain Dahn refused to join them. During a lull in the storm the crew rowed around their ship for nearly an hour pleading with him, but suddenly a bulkhead gave way, and she started sinking fast. Some of the survivors said they saw their captain on the bridge, hand to forehead in a salute as he and his ship disappeared. | |
| Historical Wreck | [Jan Lettens:] Historical wreck. | |
| Hoegh-Aigrette | [Yvan Verkempinck:] Het gaat om de (correct gespeld) ''Høegh Aigrette'', een general cargo, gebouwd in 1956. Gezonken op 25-11-1967 op 51.18 N, 1.50 E, na een aanvaring ong. acht mijl ten noordoosten van het East Goodwins lichtschip, op een overtocht van Douala naar Amsterdam. Alle opvarenden werden gered. 4,746 GRT; 2,524 NRT; 6,107 DWT; 366' 6'' lengte; 52' beam; gebouwd bij Jos. Boël & fils in Temse. | |
| Hogue SS | British cruiser from WWI, torpedoed by U-9. The U-9 was responsible for the killing of 1459 man in one single day, sending Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue or a total of 36.000 tons to the bottom. See documents for more info. | |
| Holland SS | [Diving Sussex:]3828 ton,350ft, British Steamer, triple expansion engines. Sunk on 24th November 1916 after a collision. | |
| Holland SS | [Martien Slaats:]nsm 10 s.s.holland 1874-1901 vracht-passagiersschip gebouwd 1874,nederlandse stoomboot mij.,rotterdam; 726 brt 426 nrt; 65.96 x 8.71 x 4.77 x 3.150; 8.5 kn; 450 ipk c 2cyl,de werf 1874 opgeleverd als holland aan nederlandsche stoomboot mij.,rotterdam ingezet op de lijndienst rotterdam-londen met passagiers en goederen. 1880 de 2 ketels vervangen door 1 2-vuurs ketel, v.o.112m2, 10,54 atm de werf. 1-11-1901 gekocht door wm.h.muller&co rotterdam,12-10-1896 in dienst wm.h muller&co rotterdam 28-1-1901 op reis naar londen-rotterdam op de nieuwe waterweg bij hoek v holland brak tijdens een flinke storm het roer, op de noorderpier geslagen en door midden gebroken en gezonken 12 bemanningsleden en 4 passagiers zijn daarbij omgekomen, de reddingboot president van heel kon slechts 6 opvarende redden de kapitein wist heelhuids de kant te bereiken. | |
| Hollander SS | [Martien Slaats:]Hollander SS 10-5-1898 proefvaart en opgeleverd als HOEK VAN HOLLAND aan n.v sleepdienst hoek van holland maassluis thuishaven rotterdam.30-10-1901 als HOEK VAN HOLLAND verkocht aan n.v internationale sleepdienst maatschappij rotterdam. 1912 herdoopt HOLLANDER 17-8-1904 tijdens een reis van ventnor naar Rotterdam in dichte mist ter hoogte van Dungeness in het kanaal door het britse SS JAMES WESTOLL overvaren en vergaan 8 opvaarende kwamen daarbij om het leven. | |
| Hollandia | [Tony Allen:]The VOC ship Hollandia wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13 June 1743 causing 276 fatalities | |
| Hollandia SS | Built in 1912, torpedoed by a U-boat. | |
| Hollywood | Passenger ship of 8.800 tons. | |
| Holme Force SS | [Tony Allen:]Holme Force SS, steamship torpedoed by E-boat, 8 miles from Newhaven, Susssex. She was carrying a cargo of coke from Tyne to Devonport. Carried a crew of 13 plus 4 gunners. 6 dead including master. | |
| Holyhead SS | [Tony Allen:]Holyhead was built in 1883 for the London & North Western Railway Company as a ferry between Holyhead-Dublin. In 1883 she sank in collision with German sailing ship Alhambra off Anglesey. | |
| Hondsbosch | [Martien Slaats:]HONDSBOSCH imo nr:5153993 roepletters:(pesv) bouwjaar 1947 brt:217 ton l.o.a.x br.x h.:41.85x6.25x2.49 aandrijving:4t 3 cil.de industrie(250x350) vermogen:120 rpk 8 knopen werf:doornbos tjamsweer (71) maatschappij:g.schoorl zaandam te water als GESINA (peig),fortuin-zwartsluis. in 1949 HONDSBOSCH. Op 13 november 1973 op 12 mijl buiten ijmuiden na een zware slagzij gezonken op 52,24 nb en 04,17 ol 3 bemanningsleden werden gered. | |
| Hood HMS | [HSAC:]14.150 ton battleship, built 1891. 380ftx75ft. Well armed. ''A bitch to the last!'' was one Royal Navy captain's verdict on HMS Hood, writes Kendall McDonald. She had just capsized as they were scuttling her across the southern entrance to Portland Harbour in 1914. Perhaps the Hood didn't deserve that epitaph, but since her launch in 1891, the 14,150 ton armoured monster had become known throughout the fleet as a good looker, but a lousy sailer. She was weighed down with heavily armoured turrets which the First Sea Lord, Sir Arthur Hood, had insisted were installed to house her big guns. This extra weight lowered her freeboard so that she needed dead calm to proceed at speed, otherwise great green seas came aboard and the whole ship was covered in clouds of spray, making gunnery impossible. So it is not surprising that shortly after her completion in 1893, the 380ft-long warship was sent to the calmer waters of the Mediterranean. She stayed there for nine years, was put on reserve duties and then transferred to Portland as a target for torpedo practices. Her guns were taken out - they had never once fired a shot in anger. Shortly after the outbreak of World War One, on 4 November, 1914, the Hood was sunk across the southern entrance to Portland to stop any crafty U-boat commander firing torpedoes into the anchored Channel Fleet. But she didn't go quietly. Once she was towed into position, the seacocks were opened so that she would sink gracefully and upright. However, it took so long that the tide turned and started to pull her out of place. Explosives were hurriedly used to blow a hole in her side, she filled too quickly, did a port roll, and crashed completely upside down into the seabed. | |
| Hop SS | [Tony Allen:]Hop was Built in 1916 and was on a voyage from BERGEN 03 FEB 40 for the TYNE in ballast. She was torpedoed by U-37. All 17 crew were lost. | |
| Hope | [Tony Allen:]Hope, dutch privateer wrecked on Chesil Beach near Fleet when she ran aground in fog and high winds. On passage from Curacao to Amsterdam. Vessel broke into three sections. Crew of 74 all saved. | |
| Hopemoor SS | [Tony Allen:]Hopemoor was a 3.740grt British Merchant ship. On the 14th February 1917 when 20 miles NW from the Skelligs, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Hopemount SS | [Tony Allen:]Hopemount, 3,300grt, 13 June 1915, 70 miles W by S from Lundy Island, Bristol Channel. Captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire. | |
| Hornsund SS | [Tony Allen:]Hornsund SS, 3.646 grt, defensively armed merchantman was sunk 23rd September 1917, 2½ miles ESE from Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was torpedoed without warning by a submarine. 1 life was lost. | |
| Horsa | [Tony Allen:]Horsa, an iron ship of 1.163 tons was built in 1882. She measured 220x34.2x21.7ft. Left Bluff, New Zealand on 19 December 1892, for London; Ran aground, abandoned, in the Scilly Islands 4th April 1893. Towed clear by the Scilly packet Lyonesse next day and then set out for St. Mary’s. When about twenty kilometres off the islands she rolled over and sank. | |
| Hosanger SS | [Tony Allen:]Hosanger was a built 1911 and was 1591 tons. She was on route for Scotland in ballast when she was torpedoed by U-20 on the 27th January 1940. 17 crew lost, one saved. | |
| Hossiana | [Diving Sussex:]56 ton, 98ft Ketch , sunk 7th May 1926 in collision with the Dutch steamer Zaandijk. | |
| Hoste HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Hoste, British, Parker class Destroyer Leader. Whilst operating with the Grand Fleet HMS Hoste developed engine trouble and had to return to Scapa Flow with HMS Negro as escort. During the journey the two ships collided and two depth charges rolled off HMS Hoste and exploded removing her stern and damaging HMS Negro so badly that both ships sank. | |
| Housman | [Tony Allen:]Housman; 7.359; 431x56 ft; Built in 1943. She was requisioned by MOWT and managed by Dodd, Thomson & Co. On the 3rd January 1944, she was torpedoed by U-744 at 60°50N 22°07W and sank two days later. | |
| Hovercraft | Royal Naval hovercraft, 40 ft long. Sunk: Tested to destruction. | |
| Huddersfield | The 2.055 gross tons ''Huddersfield'', of Cardiff, on 27 January 1908. Another victim of fog, she stranded under Gawlish cliff, west of the Abril. As with so many previous incidents, the first anyone ashore knew of the wreck was the arrival at Clovelly of survivors, in their own boat. By the time the lifeboat ''Elinor Roget had reached the scene, huge ground seas were sweeping the steamer from end to end. She was already breaking up and with no boats remaining intact the twelve men still aboard would certainly have drowned but for the liefeboat's timely rescue. (Devon Shipwrecks - Richard Larn) | |
| Hull Trader SS | HULL TRADER sank off the Humber on 23 June 1941 and 11 of her 14 crew killed. She was 717 tons, J.P.Rennoldson and Sons built 1917. | |
| Humber SS | [Tony Allen:]Humber SS, a 280 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 25 January 1918, 2 miles East from Sunderland. 7 people were killed, including the Captain. | |
| Hunsdon SS | [Tony Allen:]Hunsdon SS was built originally as the Arnfried for the Hamburg & Africa Line by WESSER Co Bremen and launched April 1911. Vessel was 335.3 'x 48.1' x 21.1' and weighed 2.899 tons. Fitted with wireless telegraphy. Was captured by the British at Dula, West Africa on 14th July 1914 and renamed HUNNSDON and registered under British Flag 14th July 1914. Was Captained by Capt. Beadie. Torpedoed by UB-92 (Type UB III) commanded by Lt.Cdr Johannes Muller on 18th Oct 1918. Vessel was on route from Le Havre to Belfast. One person died. WK is owned by Norsemaid Sea Enterprises Ltd. | |
| Hunsgrove SS | [Tony Allen:]Hunsgrove, 3,063grt, defensively-armed British Merchantman on the 8 June 1918 was torpedoed and sunk 6 miles NW from Trevose Head, North Cornwall, UK. 3 lives lost. | |
| Huntingdon | [Tony Allen:]Huntingdon; Was built as the Munsterland but war was completed as Huntingdon, 1921 purchased, 1941 torpedoed and sunk off Scotland. Owned by the P&O Line. | |
| Huntsmoor SS | [Tony Allen:]Huntsmoor was a 4,957grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 20 February 1918 when 23 miles S 1/2 W from Owers Lignt Vessel she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 20 lives lost including Master. | |
| Hurlford | [Tony Allen:]Hurlford was 178 tons and was 155.3 feet in length. | |
| Hurst SS | [Tony Allen:]Hurst SS, a 4.718 grt defensively armed merchantman was torpedoed without warning 3rd October 1917, 2¼ miles W by N from Skokham Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
| Hurstwood SS | [Tony Allen:]Hurstwood was a 1.229grt, British Merchant ship. On the 5th February 1917, when 6 miles NE from Whitby, UK she was torpedoed without warning and sunk. | |
| Hurumi SS | Torpedoed by a submarine on 18/05/1918 | |
| Hydaspes SS | [Diving Sussex:]2003 ton, 247ft, fully rigged early British Steamer. Sunk on 17th July 1880 in collision by the steamer Centurion in fog. The Hydaspes was under tow. | |
| Iannos Fafalios SS | Greek steel steamer of 3.122 tons, sank after collision in 1928. | |
| Iberian SS | [Tony Allen:]Iberian SS was bound Boston to Liverpool, when she ran aground in fog. | |
| Ida | 3 masts | |
| Iddesleigh | [Tony Allen:]Iddesleigh; On the 17th August 1944 she was torpedoed off Sword Beach, Normandy on voyage from Hull & Southend to Normandy with stores. | |
| Iduna SS | Armed iron sailing steamer of 860 tons. Sunk in collision in 1883. The South Western Torpedoed by UB-59 sunk in the same position. | |
| Ievoli Sun | The 11 years old Italian flag chemical tanker IEVOLI SUN was en route from Fawley to Barcelona, when her master sent out a distress signal at about 04:30 hrs, on Oct, 30th. She was by some 80 km north of Brittany coast, in gale wind condition. The crew were taken off and the ship taken under tow by ''Les Abeilles International''. The next morning by 09:00 hrs, the ship which was continuously taking water, unfortunately capsized suddenly and sank by the bow. | |
| Ijmuiden 1 | [Aad Kleijn:]Dit was een baggermolen die gezonken is op 24 juli 1895. L=36m Br 6.5m. De eigenaar was C. Kalis. | |
| Ijstroom SS | [Didier De Waele:] Ijstrrom SS (ex-Fijenoord); 1879; 66,6x8,7x4,4m; 541 tons; 525hp; 2cyl compound steam engine; 11knots; by Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij, Rotterdam. Started as the Feijenoord, renamed, Ijstroom SS sunk in position 52°04N-02°30E, after a collision on June 5th 1897 with the british steamer Bittern SS (built 1878;972 gross tons). 4 crewmembers died. [Martien Slaats:]NSM 11 SS FIJNOORD (2) 1879-1885 VRACHT-PASSAGIERSSCHIP GEBOUWD 1879,NEDERLANDSE STOOM MIJ.,ROTTERDAM (104); 66.65 X 8.75 X 4.27 X 3.250; 9 KN; 2 KETELS, V.O.210 M2, 5,06 ATM DE WERF. 625 IPK, 2 CYL,DE WERF. 9-9-1879 PROEFVAART EN OPGELEVERD ALS FIJENOORD AAN NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMBOOT MIJ.,ROTTERDAM 9-9-1879 AFVAART 1E REIS ROTTERDAM-LONDEN. 1-1887 VERKOCHT AAN HOLLANDSCHE STOOMBOOT MIJ .,AMSTERDAM,14-1-1885 1E REIS VOOR DE NIEUWE EIGENAAR VAN AMSTERDAM-LONDEN GELADEN MET SCHAPEN EN STUKGOED 7-10-1885 IN AANVAARING GEKOMEN OP DE THAMES EN ENIGE TIJD BUITEN BEDRIJF GESTELD 1-11-1885 HERDOOPT IJSTROOM. 6-6-1887 tijdens een reis van amsterdam-londen op de noordzee op 24 mijl van de engelse lichtschip GALLOPER in aanvaring gekomen met het engels stoomschip BITTERN (cork steam shipping co, ltd., bouwjaar 1880,424brt) en gezonken in posititie 52,04nb en 02,30ol., 2 passagiers zijn daarbij om het leven gekomen,de overige opvarenden zijn door BITTERN te Deptford aan wal gezet. | |
| Ikeda | [Tony Allen:]Ikeda, 6,311grt, defensively-armed, 21 March 1918, 7 miles W from Brighton LV, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Ilaro | [Tony Allen:]Ilaro was mined and sunk 4 miles E from Dungeness, 1 life lost. | |
| Illinoian | [Tony Allen:]Illinoian; Sank off Normandy. | |
| Illinois USS | [Tony Allen:]The USS Illinois departed Port Arthur Texas with a cargo for the British Government on Feb 17th 1917. On her return trip in ballast on the 18th March 1917 when NW of Cherbourg and approximately 20 miles North of Alderney she was torpedoed by a German submarine UC-21. | |
| Illyrian SS | [Tony Allen:]Illyrian SS was built by Harland & Woolf of Belfast in 1867. She was 390 x37.2 feet. Powered by a single screw 2 cyclinder steam engine. Bound from Liverpool to Boston. carrying passengers, wool, whiskey & brandy. Most of the cargo has been salvaged. No lives lost. | |
| Ilsenstein | [Tony Allen:]Ilsenstein was sunk in 1940 as a Blockship in 8 metres of water. Vessel was 448 feet in length. | |
| Ilston SS | Steamer of 2.426 tons, 300 ftx44 ftx19 ft. Sunk: 1917, torpedoed by U-Boat. | |
| Iltis | German destroyer; 1936; She was a successfull ship that participated in the operation Cerberus as an escort. However, on May 14th 1942, the Iltis was attacked by three British motor torpedo boats and received a torpedo amidships. The explosion was very violent and she broke in two pieces. All 129 crew members died. In the same battle, the Seeadler sunk one of the attacking MTBs (MTB-219), but was finally sunk too by a torpedo. Just like the Iltis, the Seeadler also broke in two pieces. | |
| Impregnable | The tragic loss of the Royal George in August 1782 with the terrible loss of life was a body blow for the Navy, then during the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) over 13,000 seamen died in either shipwreck or accidents, an appalling figure, which was double those killed as a result of enemy action, and during this period no less than 101 Naval vessels were destroyed by accidental causes. For instance during 1799 no less than 19 Naval ships were lost by either wrecking or fire. Of these the greatest loss without doubt was that of the 90-gun Impregnable, which was escorting a convoy of merchant ships back from Lisbon. As the vessel was making its final approach to Portsmouth, it went aground near the entrance to Langstone harbour. | |
| Indefatigable HMS | [Tony Allen:]Indefatigable HMS, British, Indefatigable class Battle Cruiser. Lost in the battle of Jutland. British battlecruiser, Indefatigable, sunk at 16.03 after a magazine explosion. More than 1,000 sailors on the Indefatigable were killed as a result of the blast. | |
| Independant (l-) | French wooden trawler. | |
| India SS | [Tony Allen:]India was under the Captaincy of Cmdr., W G A Kennedy. when she was torpedoed by U-22 Cpt. Hopper off Norway. The vessel was owned by the Oriental Steam Navigation Cpy. | |
| Indian City SS | [Tony Allen:]Indian City was 4.645grt merchant ship. On the 12th March 1915 when 10 miles South from St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, English Channel, she was captured by submarine and sunk by torpedo. She was on route from Galveston to Le Havre carrying a cargo of grain. | |
| Indiana SS | Indiana SS, steamer was on her return journey from Sicily, carrying a cargo of oranges and lemons. She collided with a German steamer Washington SS (approx. 7 miles out of Selsey, near the Owers Light Vessel) in dense fog, and subsequently sank. | |
| Indus | Dutch tug; 38x7m;1920;First owner: Wijsmuller, first name Brabant;Second owner: Smit & Co. Internationale sleepdienst maatschappij Rotterdam; The Indus was confiscated by the Dutch governmant as BV36 (bewakingsvaartuig) and then taken by the Germans in 1940. Indus was attacked and sunk 20th November 1942 by British bombers; (Beaufighters 236e Squadron). | |
| Industry | [Tony Allen:]Industry, sailing vessel, 91grt, 5 September 1917, 20 miles NNW from Les Hanois, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire. | |
| Ingenieur Riebel (Ex-Traffic) | [Tony Allen:]Traffic (Ingenieur Riebel) Gross Tonnage - 675 tons Dimensions - 53.32x10.69m (175.6x35.1ft) Number of funnels - 1 Number of masts - 1 Construction - Steel Propulsion - Twin screw Engines - Two twin-cylindered inverted compound engines Service speed - 12 knots Builder - Harland & Wolff, Belfast Launch date - 27 April 1911 Passenger accommodation - 1,200, plus baggage The Traffic was a tender for transporting passengers and baggage from the dockside to the transatlantic liners. It was not the sister ship of the Nomadic, despite being of similar appearance and being launched in the same month. The Traffic was intended to be used as back up at any port. After attending the sea trials of the Olympic it was moved to Cherbourg. It also attended the Titanic's visit to Cherbourg on 12 April 1912. During World War I it served as a naval tender at Brest, along with the Nomadic. In 1927 it was sold to the Soc. Cherbourgoise de Transbordment and then to the Soc. Cherbourgoise de Remorquage et Sauvetage in 1934. After this it was renamed Ingenieur Riebell. During World War II it was operating in the French naval service. When Cherbourg was overrun the ship was scuttled by German troops, on 17 June 1940. It was later raised and put back into service as a coastal convoy armed escort. On 17 January 1941 it was sunk, whilst in German naval service, during action in the Channel. | |
| Inglemoor | Captured and sunk by a submarine on 01/07/1915. | |
| Ingrid | [Tony Allen:]Ingrid. Owner: A/S I. A. Hamres Rederi Manager: Ingrid Hamre, Oslo; Tonnage: 2606 gt, 4245 tdwt. Signal Letters: LJBV. Built in Duluth, Minnesota 1920. Previous names: Laid down as Lake Flomaton, Great Falls until 1920, Haiti until 1936. Captain: Johannes Thorbjørnsen. Final Fate - 1942 Ran aground at Grean, Tiree, Hebrides on Jan. 19-1942 in bad weather while on a voyage in ballast from Loch Ewe (via Hampton Roads) to Cuba in Convoy ON 57, having departed Loch Ewe the day before. The entire convoy was waiting for the weather to improve off the Hebrides, and Ingrid had drifted away. All on board came safely ashore on the island Tiree; the 1st mate and 11 men that evening, and the captain and 13 men the next morning. In the course of the night distress calls were sent out but no help arrived. Ingrid was subsequently condemned. Hearings were held in Glasgow on Febr. 6-1942 with the captain, the 1st mate, the 3rd mate, and the 1st engineer appearing. Abandoned by her crew who only realized their mistake when they landed in their lifeboats. The weather continued to be so bad that the salvage crew could not get aboard until 2/2/1942 and she was declared a total loss. | |
| Inishowen Head SS | [Tony Allen:]Inishowen Head was a 3.050grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 14th February 1917 when 1¼ miles S from Skokham Island, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 1 life lost. | |
| Inkum SS | [Tony Allen:]Inkum, 4,747grt, 4 June 1915, 40 miles SW from Lizard, Corwall. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine | |
| Innisfallen SS | [Tony Allen:]Built in 1896 she was owned by the City of Cork Steam Packet Co. Torpedoed by U-64 16 miles East of the Kish Light. On route from LIverpool to Cork. 10 died. | |
| Intrepid HMS | [Martien Slaats:]Iphgena HMS and Interpid HMS were minelaying destroyers, sunk as a blockship in the port of Zeebrugge in the battle of the Muhle. In the same action, C-3 HMS was used to destroy the bridge between the Muhle and the mainland in Zeebrugge, using 5 tons of explosives.[Tony Allen:] INTREPID, 5th in Royal Navy (C) or 6th (Co) since 1747, blockship, ex-depot ship, ex-minelayer, ex-light cruiser (also destroyer, lost WW2), lost 1918, April 23 - 3rd RN vessel at Zeebrugge, W Europe. | |
| Invercauld SS | [Tony Allen:]Invercauld was a sailing vessel of 1.416grt and a British Merchant ship. On the 22nd February 1917 when 22 miles SE from Mine Head, North Devon, she was captured by submarine and sunk by torpedo. | |
| Inverclyde SS | [Tony Allen:]Inverclyde SS, built 1914. 215T British Goverment Steamship Dimensions: 120.5'x22'x12.5' feet. Powered: Triple expansion engine. | |
| Inverkip | [Tony Allen:]Inverkip, a steel barque of 1466 tons was built by Russell & Co. at Port Glasgow, 1893. She measured 235.8x36x21.7 ft and was owned by the Inverkip Ship Co. Ltd. Captain Jones. Bound from Melbourne to Queenstown, Ireland, with wheat, she sank after collision with the Loch Carron, off Fastnet, Southern Ireland, 13 August 1904. The Inverkip sank almost immediately stem first. Only two survived of the 22 crew: one seaman in the rigging was thrown on to the Loch Carron’s deck, and the other scrambled to safety up her bowsprit. | |
| Inverlane | [Tony Allen:]Inverlane was 9141 tons and 480.2 feet in length. | |
| Inverlane | The bow and mid-section of the Inverlane were made watertight, towed to Orkney by the navy in WW2 and sunk in her present position as a blockship in 1944. Some divers that come to Orkney have also dived her stern section which remains down the East Coast (possibly the longest swim from bow to stern of any ship, anywhere!). She was a distinctive landmark at the entrance to Burra Sound, easily seen from the St Ola as the ferry rounds Hoy. In years past the dive boats used to moor alongside the wreck and divers jumped through an open hold into the hull. An old but large seal had adopted the bow area as a home and was often seen disappearing into the murk when the first of the divers appeared. Once inside, the diver could swim about more or less cut off from the effects of the tide. Storms over two successive winters took a heavy toll on the wreck and she is now well broken, with only the smallest part of the bow showing above water on a very low tide. | |
| Inverliffey | [Tony Allen:]Inverliffey was a British Motor Tanker built in 1938 and owned by INVER TANKERS LTD. She was on route from TRINIDAD for THAMES carrying 1300 tons of gasolene when she was torpedoed by U-38 and sunk by gunfire. | |
| Inverlogie | [Tony Allen:]Inverlogie was a sailing vessel of 2,347grt and a British Merchant ship. On the 9th March 1917 when 15 miles SW from the Smalls, Wales she was captured by submarine and sunk by torpedo. | |
| Inverurie | [Tony Allen:]Inverurie was a steel barque of 1417 tons, built by Hall of Aberdeen, 1889 for Inver Line, owned by G. Milne & Co.of Aberdeen. She measured 242.2x37.1x21.6 feet. Sailing from Belfast to Sydney, she was wrecked near Bally Ferris Point, Co Antrim, on the east coast of Ireland, November 1914 | |
| Invincible | Disaster struck in February 1758 when the first Invincible to serve in the Royal Navy was wrecked on Dean Sands, about 1 ½ miles south-east of Horse Sand Fort at the entrance to Spithead. This 74-gun man-of-war, named L'Invincible had been captured from the French in 1747, and was a new type of vessel which had been evolved by the French in 1740. So successful was the Invincible that the Royal Navy adopted it as the standard 74-gun design and these vessels became the backbone of Nelson's navy. All efforts to free the vessel were to no avail and within three days Invincible foundered, but by then all the crew had been saved. | |
| Invincible HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Invincible, British, Invincible class Battle Cruiser. Lost in the battle of Jutland. HMS Invicible became became the third of Britain's battleships to explode after a German shell penetrated a turret at 18.33. | |
| Invincible HMS | This 3rd Rate ship-of-the-line was wrecked at Harborough Sands, Yarmouth, with the loss of 119 lives. | |
| Iolanthe SS | The Iolanthe was a 3.081 ton British Steamship, was 325 ft long and had a breadth of 49 ft and was built in West Hartlepool in 1904. Yet another second World War casualty, she sailed from Glasgow bound for St Helens's Roads, Isle of Wight on the 25th December 1917 with a cargo of hay bales and railway trucks. All went well until just after passing the Shambles on the 4th January 1918. The weather was fine, the sea was smooth and the torpedo fired from the UC-75 was unseen. No-one was hurt by the explosion and the ship was not too badly damaged, so she was turned in towards Portland Harbour to make repairs but she started to settle low in the water and was abandoned. Attempts to tow her by the Fort Albert were in vain as she sank before any progress was made. | |
| Iolo SS | [Tony Allen:]Iolo was a 3.840grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 17th February 1917 when 40 miles S by W from the Fastnet, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 2 lives lost, Master chief engineer and 2 gunners made prisoners. | |
| Iona 11 | [Tony Allen:]The Iona 11 was built at Govan in 1863 as a fast ferry for the Clyde. Powered by a twin cyclinder oscillating engine and fine hull lines gave her an incredible top speed of 24 knots! Her owner was Charles Hopkins Boster of Richmond, England. | |
| Iona PSS | [Tony Allen:]Iona PSS. This is an American Confederate Paddle Steamer and is designated as a protected wk and a permit is required to dive the site. Position given is approximate but should be close to the wrecksite. | |
| Ionian SS | [Tony Allen:]Ionian was a British Steam Freighter built in 1939 by W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was owned by Ellerman & Buckall Steamship Co Ltd, managed by Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd, Liverpool. She was on route from Candia, Crete to London and Hull carrying a general cargo including 50 tons mohair and 200 tons of currants. All 37 crew survived. The ship, which was part of coastal convoy FN-43 (23 ships) struck a mine in a barrier (9 mines) laid on 21 November by U-20 between 07:50 CET and 08:47 CET , she was abandoned 340 degrees 4 miles from Newarp Light Vessel and sank in 52 45'15N -01 56'15E. The Master and crew of 36 were rescued by HM sloop Hastings (L.27) (Cdr. E.H. Vincent) and landed at South Shields. Another vessel that fell victim to this barrier was Willowpool | |
| Iotonia | [Tony Allen:]The wreck was sunk by a WW1 sub after leaving Milford haven on October 20th 1917. All 160 men got safely away in life boats, but as they attempted to land one of the boats overturned and its 22 occupants went into the sea. Six drowned and the rest clung to the rocks. The six men which died are buried at Castlemartin Churchyard. | |
| Iphgena HMS | [Martien Slaats:]Iphgena HMS and Interpid HMS were minelaying destroyers, sunk as a blockship in the port of Zeebrugge in the battle of the Muhle. In the same action, C-3 HMS was used to destroy the bridge between the Muhle and the mainland in Zeebrugge, using 5 tons of explosives. See Intrepid HMS for picture of the wreck in the harbour. | |
| Irex | Iron hulled sailing ship 302ft and 2.347 tons. Sunk: Grounded 1890 | |
| Iris | [Tony Allen:]Iris was carrying a cargo of coal. | |
| Irishman | Tug of 99 tons. Sunk in 1941 after hitting an aerial mine. | |
| Iron ship | 200ftx30ft Steamer. | |
| Isabella | [Tony Allen:]Isabella was carrying a cargo of Lime & Coal. Owner was James Duff,Corn Merchant, Lake Whithorn. Hull was of wood. Built around 1860. | |
| Isbjørn | [Tony Allen:]Isbjørn was in service on the coast of Gt. Britain. Took part as supply ship for the Normandie invasion in June-1944 (Operation Neptune), arriving Omaha on June 12, departing June 18. In December 1944 Isbjørn was at the Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea, undergoing extensive repairs and overhaul. She departed Swansea at 18:00 on December 14th with a cargo of about 650 tons Anthracite coal for Poole (Goole?) and joined a convoy the following morning. The next day a storm was encountered and at 00:30 on December 17th 1944 a heavy sea swept over her, causing her cargo to shift to port, and she immediately developed a list. The captain gave orders to heave to and to start filling the starboard No. 2 ballast tank, which seemed to stabilize the ship and decrease the list somewhat. However, the winds increased to hurricane force, and about 04:30 the electricity to the navigation lights and compass broke down, the paraffin oil lamps were lit, the compass being lit up by an electric torch. It now became more and more difficult to keep Isbjørn under control, and she suddenly started to move off course, with the wind and sea coming in from aft while she listed more and more to port (every effort had been made to keep the wind and sea on the port bow prior to this). They attempted to get the ship up against the wind again, but to no avail. With the situation now being critical, orders were given to stand by the lifeboat. The motorboat had already been lost when the forward davit gave way. An SOS signal was sent to a nearby ship by Aldis lamp, and a number of rockets were also sent up, but in the poor visibility it was believed their signals were not seen. Two heavy seas now washed over the after deck, and in a matter of seconds Isbjørn capsized and sank by the stern (the hatches were believed to have been broken in). Because of the list they had not been able to launch the lifeboat, but as the ship went down, the boat unhooked itself with 1 man in it who picked up another man from the water. Later, another 6 were picked up by this boat, including the captain, who had gotten his foot jammed and was pulled down with the suction, but had managed to get himself free and to the surface. The lifeboat was badly damaged and was full of water. 6 hours later they were spotted by the Dutch M/S Osterhaven (position 50 27N 03 00W, Captain H. A. A. Breent) and in spite of the bad weather managed to maneuver the ship close to the lifeboat and take the men on board. However, during this transfer, the steward fell overboard and disappeared. Upon being told there might be more survivors the Dutch vessel went to the place where Isbjørn had gone down and found 4 men on 2 rafts, but no more survivors could be found, so they left the scene. | |
| Isis HMS | [Tony Allen:]Isis HMS was on patrol when she hit a mine or was torpedoed 5 miles North East of Courseeulles, Normandy. | |
| Island | [Tony Allen:]Island was 1744 tons and 250 feet in length. | |
| Islay III | [Tony Allen:]Islay III was 497 tons and 211.4 feet in length. | |
| Isleworth SS | [Jan Lettens:]Steel steamer, 320ftx46ft and 2.871 tons. Sunk: torpedoed by UC-17 in 1918.[Tony Allen:]Isleworth was a 2,871grt a defensively-armed Merchantship. On the 30 April 1918 when 3 miles SW from Ventnor Pier she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 29 lives lost. | |
| Isolada | [Tony Allen:]Isolada. Relief Lightships sailing for the Barrels & Coningbeg Lighship. Sank of Carnsore Point, Ireland after being attacked by German Aircraft. 6 dead and seven wounded. | |
| Italia | [Tony Allen:]Built in Hamburg, Germany 1939. Powered by a two 8 cyl. 2T single acting DM (MAN, Augsburg), 5100 bhp. Italia departed Port Arthur on May 21 with a cargo of 13 000 tons petrol (aviation fuel?) and some general cargo, and arrived Bermuda on May 27 to wait for a convoy. Departed on May 31, joining Convoy HX 47 for Milford Haven, but was later informed by the escort that there had been a change of destination and she was to proceed to Manchester. According to an excerpt of Italia's log the ships that were going to the west coast were detatched from the convoy south of Ireland on the afternoon of June 14, and headed towards St. Georges Channel with only one escort. Shortly afterwards, word came that a straggler had been torpedoed (this was probably Balmoralwood?) and the escort departed to assist, so it looks like the ships had no escort when U-38 (Liebe) attacked. Italia was hit in the early hours of June 15-1940 (23:50, June 14th ship's time) by a torpedo from this U-boat, position 50 37N 08 44W, off the west coast of England. She was struck between tank No. 10 and the engine room, setting the afterpart on fire immediately, with the flames spreading forward and across the water at a tremendous speed. 8 men jumped overboard, the electrician managed to get out through the porthole of his cabin and swam for life to get away from the flames. | |
| Italia SS | Steamer of 2.792 tons, 235 ftx42 ftx23.5 ft. Sunk: ran aground. | |
| Itchen HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS Itchen, British, River class Destroyer Torpedoed by German submarine U99 in the North Sea. | |
| Jacob Jones USS | [Tony Allen:]Jacob Jones USS, after special escort duty between Ireland and France, departed for Brest, France, 6 December on her return run to Queenstown. At 16:21, as she steamed independently in the vicinity of the Isles of Scilly, her watch sighted a torpedo wake about a thousand yards distant. Although the destroyer maneuvered to escape, the high-speed torpedo struck her starboard side, rupturing her fuel oil tank. The crew worked courageously to save the ship, but as the stern sank, her depth charges exploded. Realizing the situation was hopeless, Commander Bagley reluctantly ordered the ship abandoned. Eight minutes after being torpedoed, Jacob Jones sank with 64 men still on board. SHip details: 1.150 tons; 315,3x30,7x9,9 ft; 30 kts; Compement:99; Armament: 4x4'' guns, 8x21'' TT. | |
| Jaffa SS | [Tony Allen:]Jaffa SS, built as a Steel Steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1'x35.2'x16' Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1.383 grt, defensively-armed, 2 February 1918, 3 miles E by S from Owers Light Vessel, English Channel. Torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 10 lives lost. | |
| Jaguar HMS | Destroyer. While escorting the RFA oiler Slavol, with supplies for Tobruk which were to be used to refuel the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, she was torpedoed and sunk by U652 (Kapitaneutnant Georg-Werner Fraatz) in position 31'53N-26'18E, north of Sollum/Sidi Barrani. Eight Officers and 45 Ratings were rescued by the anti-submarine (a/s) whaler Klo but three Officers and 190 Ratings lost their lives. Not long afterwards U652 sank the Slavol. | |
| Jambo | [Tony Allen:]Jambo. Built in Poland in 1990, had been specially strengthened for Arctic work and for loading heavy cargoes while aground. A single-hold general cargo ship, Jambo was used between Sweden, the ports of the Baltic and North Sea and the UK. Jambo sailed from Dublin for Odda, Norway on 27 June, carrying 3.300 tons of zinc concentrate. | |
| James A. Farrell SS | [Tony Allen:]Torpedoed off Normandy with the loss of 4 lives. | |
| James B. Richardson SS | [Other Source:]Sunk in fog (ran aground ?) | |
| James Barrie SS | [HSAC:]James Barrie SS, 666 ton British steam trawler, built 1949. 180ftx30ft. In ballast, Hull for Icelandic fishing grounds. Sunk: 29 March, 1969, when under tow by lifeboat after refloating from reef in Pentland Skerries. All saved. [Tony Allen:]The MFV James Barrie ran aground at Louther Rock, situated on the south end of Orkney, piercing the hull and forcing the crew to abandon ship. Two days later, on the 29 March 1969, she floated off the rocks and started to drift, unmanned in the Pentland Firth. The lifeboat Grace Paterson Richie took the James Barrie in tow and headed for Scapa. However the Barrie sank whilst under tow. | |
| James Eagan Layne SS | [HSAC:]7.176 ton US Liberty ship, built 1944. 441ftx57ft. 2500hp triple-expansion engines. Armed: Bow and stern guns, plus 5 AA. 4.500 tons war supplies, tank parts, lorries, jeeps, railway rolling stock, US Army engineers' stores, New York for Ghent, via Barry. Sunk: 21 March, 1945, after hit in starboard side by torpedo from U-1195. Beached after being towed by Admiralty tugs into Whitsand Bay. | |
| James Fennell SS | James Fennell SS. Steam Trawler built 1918 by Fullerton & Co, Paisley. Built as Strath class auxilliary patrol vessel. 215 tons, 123x22ft. Armed. Triple-expansion engine. Armed with a 12 pounder gun. During thick fog on the 16th January 1920, she drove straight onto the rocks, north of Blacknor Point, Portland. All crew were rescued by means of a long rope strung from the stem of the ship to a large rock by local fishermen. A few days later, an attempt was made to tow her off the rocks but she sank immediately. | |
| James Iredell | [Tony Allen:]James Iredell. WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY) 14.7.43 Damaged by air attack off Sicily, towed to UK. 8.6.44 Scuttled as breakwater for Gooseberry Harbour off Normandy beachhead. Later destroyed by storms. Deliberate sinking off Normandy. | |
| James W. Marshall | [Tony Allen:]James W. Marshall. Deliberate sinking off Normandy. | |
| Jane Williamson | [Tony Allen:]Jane Williamson was a sailing vessel of 197grt. On 10th September 1917, 20 miles NNE from St Ives, she was captured by submarine and sunk by gunfire, 4 lives lost including Master. | |
| Janna A | The Janna A was a clipper sunk by a mine on 17th October 1940. | |
| Japanese Prince SS | [Tony Allen:]Japanese Prince was a 4.876grt Brritish Merchant ship. On the 10th February 1917 when 24 miles SW from Bishop Rock, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Jason | [Tony Allen:]Wk is possible that of the Jason. A vessel of 810 tons and 230 feet in length. Mine was laid bu U-78. | |
| Javanese Prince | [Tony Allen:]Built in 1926 as the Javanese Prince 6.734 tons. In 1941 torpedoed and sunk off Scotland. Owned by the Rio Cape Line / J. Gardiner & Co. | |
| Jean Lea Patt | French trawler sunk in dec 1991 in the Mellick project ; 8m; 6 tons. | |
| Jeanne Marie SS | Sunk by a mine on 14/08/1918 while en voyage from New York to Brest. Cargo cupper and aluminum. 2.791tons sunk by mine on 14-3-1918. L95.1m B14m D6.4m. | |
| Jebba SS | West African mail steamer. Liner of 3.813 tons; 352 ftx44 ft. Sunk: 1907, Ran aground. In the early hours of 18 March 1907 the Jebba overshot the Eddystone in dense fog and ran aground under the steep cliffs at Whitchurch, just a few yards away from Bolt Tail. The ship immediately started to take in water, and after sending up distress rockets, the Captain ordered all the boiler fires to be doused to prevent the risk of an explosion. Being broadside onto the rocks, waves soon started breaking over the liner's decks, but instead of the usual panic, the passengers and crew remained exceptionally calm, and all went dutifully to their lifeboat stations to await the Captains orders. Very quickly the Hope Cove lifeboat, which was literally around the corner, came upon the scene and because it could not get into the comparatively sheltered water between the Jebba and the shore, it was considered too dangerous to attempt to take people off from the weather side as it would mean cragging all 155 people through the rough seas. However, with the aid of a rocket apparatus and the extraordinary bravery of two local men all the passengers and crew were eventually saved. In order to get the rescue started, Issac Jarvis and John Argeat climbed down the treacherous 200 foot cliffs in complete darkness to set up a bosun's chair, with which they rescued over a hundred persons. So impressed was everybody by their selfless bravery that King Edward VII personally presented them both with the Albert Medal. Mind you it was not only people that were saved. At least one chimpanzee and three small monkeys were hoisted ashore, and many homes around Hope Cove suddenly found themselves in possession of a brightly coloured parrot. Soon after the rescue the Jebba filled with water, and although most of the cargo was eventually salvaged, it was obvious that the liner was a complete write off. Once again Bolt Tail had claimed another victim. | |
| Jersey City SS | [Tony Allen:]Jersey City was a Merchant Ship of 4,670grt that was defensively-armed. On the 24 May 1917 when 35 miles NW from the Flannan Isles, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. Master was made prisoner. | |
| Jessmore SS | [Tony Allen:]Jessmore was built in 1911 for the Johstone Line. In 1917 as a defensively armed Merchantship she was torpedoed and sunk off 180 miles WNW from the Fastnet, without warning by a german submarine. | |
| Joachim Brinch Lund SS | [Other Source:]Sunk by a submarine on 16/11/1916. [Yves Dufeil:]Owned by D/S A/S J. B. Lund, J. Lund & Co. Scuttled by explosive charges from german submarine UC-26 (Oblt z.S. Matthias Graf von Schmettow). | |
| Jo-Anne | Fishing boat 26ft. Sunk: Collision with Buoy 1976 | |
| Joannis Millas SS | [Tony Allen:]Joannis Millas. Iron steamer, 2,071 tons, wrecked off Chilton, Isle of Wight in 1896. | |
| Johan Collett | Sank when her cargo of Zinc (or zinc ore) smashed it's way through the hull in rough weather. Johan Collett - 1.966 tons L78.6m B 12.5m D 6.8m. Was travelling from Sant' Antioco in Sardinia to Ghent. Sunk 6-12-1963. Admiralty position 49-39-190/3-0-370 (reasonably accurate, but not confirmed) ~100m deep. | |
| Johan Maurits van Nassau SS | Built in 1931 by 'De Schelde', Vlissingen for the Dutch Royal Navy; 1.537 tons, 3x15cm; 2x40mm; 4x12.7mm and 4x7.7mm AA; complement: 124; 2 screws; 2 steam turbines; 15 knots; After a successfull raid on German artillary at the 'Waddeneilanden', the Johan Maurits was ordered to leave Holland for England as the capitulation of Holland was a fact. The Germans successfullly stopped the Johan Maurits, among others from the escape. She received a total of 4 heavy hits: one in the bridge, one in the funnel and two in the engine room. Only 45 crew survived the raid. | |
| Johanna Caroline SS | [Tony Allen:]Requisisioned Dutch Steam Trawler. 253 tons. Temporary seconded as a Minesweeper. Whilst sweeping in 70'ft of water, exploded mine under vessel. Vessel sank. | |
| John A. Treutlen | [Tony Allen:]John A. Treutlen. Sank off Normandy. One Air Gunner dead. | |
| John Mahn V-1302 | Duitse stalen stoomtreiler met 292 ton waterverplaatsing in 1927 in Hamburg gebouwd. Op 28 september 1939 werd ze door de Kriegsmarine in beslag genomen, zwaar bewapend en omgedoopt tot V1302 en ging in dienst bij het 13de voorpostenbootflotielje. Voorpostenboten waren omgebouwde stoomtreilers die ingezet werden om de bezette kustzones te bewaken en om konvooien te escorteren. Op 6 februari 1942 werd het 13de flotielje als flankverdediging tegen luchtaanvallen ingezet bij de ontsnapping van de slagschepen Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen en honderden kleine begeleidingsschepen. Op 12 februari 1942 om 15u53 vielen Britse Hudson bommenwerpers, Spitfires en Hurricanes het flotielje aan. De bemanning van de V1302 haalde één van de vliegtuigen neer maar werd voor de brug aan bakboord door twee bommen geraakt, scheurde open en was na 35 minuten onderwater verdwenen. Het is de enige voorpostenboot die in onze wateren verging. | |
| John Miles SS | [Tony Allen:]John Miles was a 687grt British Merchant ship. On the 22nd February 1917 when 11 miles SE from Hartlepool she hit a mine and sank. 10 lives lost including Master. | |
| John O Scott SS | [Tony Allen:]John O Scott, 1,235grt, defensively-armed British Merchantship was sunk on the 18 September 1918, 9 miles W by N from Trevose Head, Cornwall, UK, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 18 lives lost including Master. | |
| John R Park SS | John R Park SS. Liberty ship of 7.194 tons and 441ft. Built in 1943 WSA (Luckenbach SS Co, NY). John R Park SS was on route from the USA to Swansea when she was sunk 21st March 1945 by a torpedo from U-399, some 9 miles south of the Lizard. U-399 was sunk five days later off Lands End by HMS Duckworth. | |
| Jokai SS | [Diving Sussex:]1057 ton, 245ft Austrian Steamer, sunk 26th November 1897 in collision by the steamer Baron Ardrossan. | |
| Jolie Pluie de Roses | French trawler sunk in dec 1991 in the Mellick project ; 12m; 17 tons. | |
| Jonas Lie SS | [Tony Allen:]American Steamer torpedoed in 1945 off Grassholm, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
| Jonge Catharina SS | De Jonge Catharina was een schip van 1753 brt en gebouwd in 1922 voor de Algemene Stoomvaart Maatschappij onder de naam Slot Honingen. Gebouwd bij: Scheepswerf de Waal te Nijmegen. Het schip werd overgenomen door de rederij Middellandsche Zeevaart & co te Rotterdam. In de nacht van 8 op 9 april 1925 kwam het schip in aanvaring met de Clan Monroe, een schip van 5919 brt en gebouwd in 1918. De Jonge Catharina zonk direct en alleen de masten en de schoorsteen bleef boven water uitsteken. Bij deze aanvaring zijn 10 opvarenden om het leven gekomen. | |
| Joseph Chamberlain SS | [Tony Allen:]Joseph Chamberlain SS, a 3.709 grt armed cargo steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine, on September 18th 1917, 50 miles N by W from Muckle Flugga, Shetland Isles. 18 lives were lost. The captain and one gunner were taken prisoner. | |
| Joshua Nicholson SS | [Tony Allen:]Joshua Nicholson was a 1.853grt defensively-armed Britsih Merchant ship. On the 18th March 1917 when off Wolf Rock, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 26 lives lost including Master. | |
| Juan Ferrer | Motor Coaster of 680 tons, 178 ftx28.1 ft Sunk: 1963, Ran aground. | |
| Juniper HMS | While escorting the oil tanker Oil Pioneer across the North Sea from Tromso the ships were seen by the German Scharnhorst and Gneisnau and both were quickly sunk by gunfire. | |
| Juno | [Didier De Waele:]Paddlesteamer sunk in Thames Estuary by the Germans in 1941. | |
| Juno SS | [Tony Allen:]On route to the Mersey from Le Treport in France. Vessel was in ballast. 176 feet in length. | |
| Jupiter SS | [Tony Allen:]Jupiter was a steamer built for W R Bradley. Powered by a triple expansion engine of 222nhp giving 10 knots. She was torpedoed 15 miles west of Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of 19 dead. | |
| Jura | [Didier De Waele:] Jura, 780tons; 66x8,2m; 370hp; 1937 by Boelwerf Temse for Citerna Basel AG; Soon after German planes dropped magnetic mines in front of the port of Zeebrugge, the loaded swiss tanker Jura, hit one of them and was set on fire on 12th May 1940. Jura was only 1km from the port. The skipper's wife and the guiding man both died in the flames, while the Captain, J. Vandeputte managed to escape by jumping into the burning sea and swimming under water. | |
| Justica RMS | [Tony Allen:]Justica RMS was owned by the White Star Line as a Royal Mail Steamship. Built by Harland & Woolf of Belfast as the ''Staterdam'' for the Holland Amerika Line and launched in 1914. Measures 225,68x26,31x13,13 metres and weigh in at 32.234 Gross Tons. Bound for Liverpool from New York when she was torpedoed several times by UB-64. Out of a crew of 600 only 16 were lost. One of the attacking U Boats was sunk by HMS Marne at 55.43N 07.51W | |
| Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grösse SS | Im harten Konkurrenzkampf zwischen den transatlantischen Schifffahrtsgesellschaften trumpfte der Bremer Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL) 1897 mit dem Vierschornsteindampfer ''KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE'' auf. Vorausgegangen war der dringend notwendige Bau der ''Kaiserschleuse'' und des ''Kaiserhafens II'' in Bremerhaven. Bei seinem Stapellauf 1897 war die ''KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE'' das größte Passagierschiff der Welt und errang 1898 in der Rekordzeit von fünf Tagen und 20 Stunden auf der Strecke Southampton - New York als erstes deutsches Schiff das Blaue Band. Die insgesamt sechs Vierschornsteiner des NDL wurden als Luxusschiffe mit vielfältigem Unterhaltungsangebot für die Passagiere der Ersten Klasse ausgestattet. Bauwerft: Vulcan, Stettin Baujahr: 1897 Baunummer: 234 Verwendungszweck: Passagierschiff Typ: Schnelldampfer Länge: 197,70 Meter Breite: 20,13 Meter Tiefgang: 10,90 Meter Bruttoraumgehalt: 14 349 Bruttoregistertonnen Passagiere: 432 in Klasse I und II, 1074 im Zwischendeck Verbleib: Als Hilfskreuzer der Marine am 26. August 1914 von einem britischen Kreuzer versenkt. Als Ergebnis der harten Konkurrenz zwischen den Schifffahrtsgesellschaften war auch die Unterbringung der Auswanderer wesentlich verbessert worden. Die Schlafsäle im Unter- und Hauptdeck boten nun gesonderte Kompartements für Familien und Einzelreisende. Erstmals waren an den Bordwänden Tische und Bänke für die Mahlzeiten und als alternative Aufenthaltsmöglichkeit zu den Betten angeordnet. Die Auswanderer wurden hauptsächlich mit frischen Speisen aus der bordeigenen Küche und Bäckerei versorgt. Das berüchtigte Salzfleisch fand sich nur noch selten auf dem Speiseplan. Die sanitären Anlagen auf dem Hauptdeck bestanden, für Männer und Frauen getrennt, aus je zehn Toiletten, einem Waschraum, einem Vollbad und einem Krankenzimmer. Ein Teil des Promenadendecks war für die Zwischendeckspassagiere reserviert. | |
| Kale HMS | [Tony Allen:]British River Class Destroyer. Mined North Sea. 43 dead. | |
| Kankakee SS | [Tony Allen:]Kankakee was a 3.718grt defensively armed Britsih Merchant steamship. On the 14th June 1917 when 2 miles NE from Sunk Light Vessel she was torpedoed without warning by a seaplane. 3 lives lost. | |
| Kap Arkona | Kap Arkona was lifted on November 2001. Further remains were removed on August 2002 The ships Number plate was found at a dumping place. There are some interesting pictures about the lifting operation. (information Réjane Gyssens) | |
| Karlsruhe SMS | Karlsruhe SMS was a cruiser of the Konigsberg 2 Class. | |
| Karmt SS | [Tony Allen:]Karmt was built in 1938 and was on route from PORT HARCOURT for ANTWERP carrying 7539 tons of west african general cargo when she was torpedoed by U-245 and sunk. 4 crew lost, total crew 41. | |
| Kassanga SS | [Tony Allen:]Kassanga was a 3,015grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 20 March 1918 when 23 miles SE by S from S Arklow Light Vessel, Ireland. She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Katharina Kolkmann | [Diving Sussex:]Katharina Kolkmann, 1056 ton, 236ft, German motor vessel , sunk on 29th March 1965 in collision with M.V.Gannet in fog. | |
| Katina SS | Pandelis Lemos & Panagiotis Lemos – 1891 – W. Pickersgill & Sons – 2.464 tons – 292.1 ftx39.3 ftx19.7 ft. – 215 nhp – triple-expansion engines. “The Greek steamship KATINA was sunk by a German submarine off Ushant on March 28th, 1917.” (DOD) | |
| Katwijk SS | Katwijk SS was a steamer of 2.040 tons, built in 1903 by J. Smit Alblasserdam for the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Wijklijn. She was torpedoed and sunk on 14th April by UB-10, 6 miles West of the lightship Noord-Hinder. | |
| Kaunas SS | [Tony Allen:]KAUNAS was built in 1931 and was on route from GHENT for HARTLEPOOL in ballast when she was toepedoed by U-57. | |
| Keith HMS | [Plongeurs de Dunkerque:]Commandé par le Capitaine BERTHON. Alors qu'il se trouve devant Bray-Dunes, trois Stukas foncent sur le destroyer. L'attaque a lieu à 8 heures. Touché par trois fois, le gouvernail coincé, il tourne en rond. Le remorqueur ''St Abb's'' lui porte secours à 8 heures 40. Quatre nouvelles attaques touchèrent plus gravement le Keith. Il coule à 9 h 15. Les dragueurs de mines ''Salamander'' et ''Skipjack'' vinrent également au secours des rescapés (le ''Skipjack'' fut coulé avant d'arriver sur les lieux). (''royal navy losses'' say she sunk on 06/06/1940) | |
| Kelso SS | [Tony Allen:]Kelso was a 1.292grt defensively armed British Merchant steamer. On the 19th June 1917 when 33 miles WSW from Bishop Rock, English Channel she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Kelvinia SS | [Tony Allen:]Kelvinia was 5,039grt. On the 2 September 1916 when 9 miles S by W from Caldy Island, Bristol Channel she hit a mine and sank. | |
| Kempton HMS | Mijnenveger van 810 brutoton, gebouwd in 1916 bij Ferguson Bros, Groot-Brittannië. Afmetingen: 74,4 mx8,7 mx2,0 m. – 1.400 ihp – 15 knopen. – diagonal compound engines. Bewapening: een 3 inch gun, een 6 pdr., twee 2 pdr. De mijnenveger KEMPTON was één van een reeks van 32 gelijkaardige vaartuigen die in opdracht van de Admiraliteit werden gebouwd in 1915. Het waren allen paddel-stomers met een geringe diepgang, bestemd voor ondiepe wateren. Op 24 juni 1917 waren de KEMPTON en de REDCAR samen op patrouille nabij de Spindle Buoy, ten noorden van Gravelines, toen ze beiden zo goed als gelijktijdig op een mijn liepen en zonken. Officiëel bevonden er zich 72 bemanningsleden op een eenheid van deze klasse. | |
| Kendal Castle SS | [HSAC:]3.885 ton British steamer, built 1910. 350ftx50ft. Armed. 353hp triple-expansion engines. In ballast, Le Havre for Cardiff. Sunk: 15 September,1918, by two torpedoes from UB-103 commanded by Kapitanleutnant Paul Hundius, while at periscope depth four miles off Berry Head. Sank immediately with all 18 crew. | |
| Kenmare SS | [Tony Allen:]Kenmare was a 1,330grt defensively-armed British Merchant Steamer. On the 2 March 1918 when 25 miles NW from the Skerries, Anglesey, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 29 lives lost including Master. | |
| Kenmore SS | [Tony Allen:]Kenmore was built in 1912 for the Johnstone Line. In 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk near Inistrahull, Ireland. | |
| Kennemerland | [Tony Allen:]Kennemerland was outbound for Batavia. Hit Stoura Rock, Out Skerries, Shetland. | |
| Kensington Court SS | [Tony Allen:]Kensington Court was built in 1927 as a Steam Cargo Vessel. She was owned by HALDEN & PHILIPPS LTD. COURT LINE LTD, and was on route from ROSARIO for LIVERPOOL carrying 8000 tons of cereals when she was sunk by gunfire from U-32. | |
| Kentuckian | [Tony Allen:]Kentuckian; Sank off Normandy. | |
| Keramiai SS | [Tony Allen:]Keramiai was formerly called BALTIQUE (1934) and GALLIER (1933. She was owned by LUSI Ltd. CEPHALONIAN MARITIME CO LTD. On route from LONDON for BRISTOL CHANNEL and CIUDAD TRUJILLO. When she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by U-55. Vessel was in ballast at the time of sinking. All 28 crew saved. | |
| Kerry Head SS | [Tony Allen:]Attacked and sunk by German Aircraft off Cape Clear Island, Ireland. 12 crew dead, no survivors. | |
| Kerwood SS | [Martien Slaats:]KERWOOD is de ex hungaria BUDAPEST SS in 1918 naar us navy op reis van new york-hamburg op een mijn gelopen. | |
| Ketelwrak | Het ''ketelwrak'' ligt in de Schaar van Yerseke. De ''ketel'' is een silo van ongeveer 20 meter lengte met een doorsnede van 4,9 meter. Hij was bestemd voor de nieuwbouw van General Electric Plastics te Bergen op Zoom. Waarschijnlijk gaat het om een granulaat silo, er staan vele van deze silo's op het GEP terrein. Deze Silo's waren bedoeld voor materiaal opslag van basis grondstoffen voor het kunststofvervaardigings process bij GEP. De ketel viel op 13-12-1973 tijdens slecht weer van het ponton waarmee hij vervoerd werd. | |
| Keulschevaart | Keulsevaart 4 or Keulschevaart ? | |
| Khartoum SS | [Tony Allen:]Khartoum was a 3,020grt Merchantship. On the 27 November 1914, 20 miles ESE from Spurn Point she was mined and sunk. | |
| Khyber | [Tony Allen:]Khyber or Kyber was an iron ship, 2026 tons, 276.6x40.1x24.2 ft. Built in Liverpool, 1880. Purchased by the Galgate Shipping Company in 1898. Captain Rothery. Having left Melbourne on 27th October 1905, wrecked on the Cornish coast early the following year. The captain and 22 crew lost thier lives. There were only three survivors. | |
| Kia Ora | Kia Ora (Barge), 77grt, 8 February 1918, 20 miles N by W from Dieppe, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs | |
| Kielce SS | [Tony Allen:]Kielce, polish steamer on charter to the US Maritime Adminstration with a cargo of bombs, bullets and other ammunition. | |
| Kieldrecht SS | Kieldrecht SS; 1916 Van Der Giessen & Zonen; The Shipping Controller; 1.284 tons; 72.28x11.02x4.87m; Screw, 3cyl. triple expansion; 172 hp; 1x12 pdr. 12 cwt. stern gun; On June 15 1918 SS Kieldrecht was sunk by UB-107 off Flamborough Head while in convoy. So far the wreck has not been positively identified. The German submarine that sank her (UB-107) was sunk within a few miles north of SS Kieldrecht a month or so later. | |
| Kildonan SS | [Tony Allen:]Kildonan SS, a 2.118 grt merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on September 29th 1917, 2 miles NNW from Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall. 14 lives were lost including the Master. | |
| Kilkris | [Tony Allen:]Kilkris is a WW1 wreck. She was torpedoed. She was 6.800 tons and was 365 feet in length. | |
| Killochan | [Tony Allen:]Killochan was a barque of 1.300 tons, 226.5x37.1x21.6 ft built at Dunbarton, 1874. On February 3rd 1888, under the command of Captain Manson, loaded with grain and wool and carrying passengers, she collided with SS Nereid off Dungeness, England. Seventeen, including the captain, died when the Killochan sank within a few minutes and another seven went down with the Nereid. | |
| Kilmaho SS | [Tony Allen:]Kilmaho, 2.155grt, defensively-armed, 16 May 1917, 10 miles WNW from the Lizard, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 21 lives lost including Master. | |
| Kilmarnock | possibly the trawler Kilmarnock, not certain.… | |
| Kilmore SS | Stoomschip van 2.215 brutoton, gebouwd in 1890 bij Edward’s Ship Building Co., Groot-Brittannië voor de Britse rederij Johnston & Co. Afmetingen: 86,8 mx11,5 mx5,3 m. – 218 nhp – triple-expansion machines. Het Britse stoomschip KILMORE zonk na een aanvaring met het Britse stoomschip MONTEZUMA in de nabijheid van de West Hinder boei op 29 July 1906, varende in ballast van Antwerpen naar Liverpool. | |
| Kincardine SS | [Tony Allen:]Kincardine was a 4.108grt defensively-armed Britsih Merchant ship. On the 3rd March 1917 when 20 miles NE from Tearagh Island, Co Kerry, Ireland she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Kindly Light | [Tony Allen:]Kindly Light, 116grt, 1 February 1918, 10 miles ENE from Trevose Head, Cornwall. Captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire. | |
| King Edgar SS | [Tony Allen:]Torpedoed by U-1302 and sunk 20 miles N.W. of St.David's Head/ West of Bishops, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. | |
| King Edward VII HMS | [Tony Allen:]HMS King Edward VII, British, King Edward VII class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship. Mined off Cape Wrath by a mine laid by the German auxiliary raider Moewe. The explosion was under the starboard engine room and caused the ship to list. Attempts to tow her by the collier Princess Melita and the destroyer Kempenfelt failed and after about five hours the ship was abandoned although it took another four hours to sink. | |
| Kingsdyke SS | [Tony Allen:]Kingsdyke SS, a 1.710 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 17 January 1918, 20 miles NE ¾ E from Cape Barfleur. 16 were killed, including the Captain. | |
| Kingsley | [Tony Allen:]Kingsley; 6.996 tons; 432x56x12 ft; Built in 1941. Requisioned as MOWT and managed by R. Ropner & Co. On the 22th March 1945 she was torpedoed and sunk by U-315 at 50°08N 05°51W | |
| Kingston Alalite HMS | [Tony Allen:]Sunk by mine off Plymouth, SW England. | |
| Kingston Turquoise | [Tony Allen:]Kingstone Turquoise was a Trawler lost off West Mainland on the 25/01/1965. She struck the North Shoal, and sank in 4 minutes. | |
| Kinross SS | [Tony Allen:]Kinross was a 4.120grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 7th May 1917 when 10 miles E from Wolf Rock, English Channel she torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. | |
| Kintyre SS | [Tony Allen:]SS Kintyre was built in 1868 as a small passenger cargo steamship. She was in collision with a much larger 3.500 ton steamer called the Maori and sank. | |
| Kirkham Abbey SS | [Tony Allen:]Kirkham Abbey was built in 1908 for the Hull and Netherlands Steamship Company and used on the Hull-Rotterdam route. In 1918 she torpedoed and sunk in North Sea. | |
| Kleber | Was mined by UC-61 ? | |
| Knightsgarth SS | [Tony Allen:]Knightsgarth SS, a 2.889 grt defensively armed merchant steamer was torpedoed without warning by a submarine on 5 January 1918, 5 miles WNW from Bull Point, Rathlin Island, Scotland. 2 lives were lost | |
| Knoll | [Tony Allen:]Knoll; 2.824 tons; 310x44x11 ft; Built in 1941 as a Collier. Requisioned by MOWT. On 17th February 1941 she went ashore near the North Pier, Tynemouth. She was a total loss. | |
| Kofresi | [Tony Allen:]Kofresi; Sank off Normandy. | |
| Köln | [Tony Allen:]Köln, German, Kolberg class Light Cruiser. Sunk at the Battle of Heligoland Bight. | |
| Köln SMS | [HSAC:]5.531 ton German light cruiser, built Hamburg 1916. 510ftx46ft. (Replacement for earlier Köln, sunk August 1914). 48,708hp steam turbines. Armed: eight 5.9in guns in turrets, two 3.4in guns, four torpedo tubes. Sunk: 21 June, 1919, one of 52 warships of the German Imperial Navy High Seas Fleet successfully scuttled by their crews in Scapa Flow (45 later raised). | |
| Komet | [Tony Allen:]Komet was torpodoed by MTB-236 in the Cap de la Hague region. | |
| Kondor MV | MV Kondor - sank after collision 10-9-1973 | |
| König SMS | König; mighty German dreadnought battleship, Main Armament: 10x2in; Propulsion: 3 triple-stage Parsons turbines; 22.5 knots. König was the Flagship of the 3rd Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. She was launched 1st March 1913 and joined the High Seas Fleet 10th August 10th 1914. König's only war fact was her involvement in the battle of Jutland, damaging Malaya and Warspite, two British battleships on 30th May 1916. Herself beingt holed, she managed to escape with 1.600 tons of water in her compartments. On the 21st of June 1919, König disappeared with the rest of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, after commander Scheer gave order to sink the ships, in order to prevent them to fall in the hands of the allied. | |
| Königin Luise SMS | [Martien Slaats:]Königin Luise SMS, Capt Biermann, was een Duitse hulpcruiser ingezet als auxiliary mijnenlegger. Ze was mijnen aan het leggen voor de monding van de Thames, toen ze ontdekt werd. Na een jacht van 30 mijl, hebben HMS Lance, HMS Lark, HMS Lance en cruiser HMS Amphion het met kanongeschut laten zinken, een dag nadat de eerste wereldoorlog was uitgebroken. 129 doden. Kort nadien, op de weg terug, kwamen 130 mensen om het leven, toen HMS Amphion botste tegen twee (door Königin Luise gelegde) mijnen en zonk. | |
| Koning Wilhelm 1 SS | [Hugo Raven 2004:] De Konig Wilhelm 1; is een duits transatlantisch stoomschip eerste klas der Noord-Duitse Lioyd die op de avond van 26 november 1873 strandde ter hoogte van Falga tussen paal 1 en 2. Alle 129 opvarenden waren gered. het heeft 13 dagen geduurd om het schip te lossen. In het boek 'Roeiredders aan het Marsdiep' staat niet vermeld of het schip ook vergaan is. [Mark De Graaf 2004:] Volgens deze site ligt het passagiersschip de Koning Willem I voor de Kust van Den Helder. Echter, na wat research ben ik erachter gekomen dat het schip, samen met de Koning Willem II, in 1913 verkocht is aan een Franse maatschappij en hernoemd is naar ''Abda''. In 1932 is het schip in Genua geloopt. Dit kan dus onmogelijk de Koning Willem I zijn. | |
| Koningin Regentes SS | [Tony Allen:]Koningin Regentes was built in 1895 for the Zeeland Line. Used on the route between Flushing-Queensborough. In 1918 torpedoed and sunk while being used as hospital ship on the same route.. | |
| Koningin Wilhelmina SS | [Didier De Waele:] Koningin Wilhelmina, built 1895, Fairchild Shipbuilding & Engineering Co; owned by Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (SMZ); 101x10m; 9000hp; 1.960 tons; 20knots; triple expansion engines; 244 passengers; The Koningin Wilhelmine was a paddlesteamer, under the command of Capt. Reedeker, who was also the captain of the Mecklenburg SS, sunk earlier. In the morning of 31st July, 1916, near the North Hinder, she hit a mine and sunk, more or less the same way as the Titanic: she broke in two pieces, when her aft part was rising out of the water. The crew managed to get the lifeboats out and only 3 people died. [Ludo Gugliermetto:] Flag: the Netherlands. 1895, building yard: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Gt. 1964t., net. 885t., dwt. t. Loa. 97,54m., ll. m., br. 10,90m., dg.4,88m. One triple 3 cylinder Fairfield steam engine, 1 screw, 9.000 hp, speed 19,25 kn. Pass. capacity: 244 passengers in 2 classes, 180 1st class, 64 2nd class. Owner: Stoomvaart Mij. Zeeland. sistership s.s. “KONINGIN REGENTES”, s.s. “PRINS HENDRIK”. 1895 ''KONINGIN WILHELMINA” delivered to S.M.Z., Vlissingen-Queensborough. 1901 ''KONINGIN WILHELMINA” new boilers build in. 1916 ''KONINGIN WILHELMINA” mined by mine of German U-boat UC-1 on a trip from Vlissingen to Gravesend. | |
| Konstantinos Hadjipateras SS | [Tony Allen:]Mined by U-19 at the INNER DOWSING Light Vessel, Engish Channel. Owned by HAJIPATERAS & SONS,CONSTANTINE. On route from BOSTON for TYNE carrying 8.412 tons of scrap iron. | |
| Kowloon Bridge | [Tony Allen:]Kowloon Bridge was built in 1973 as a bulk carrier by Swan Hunter, Belfast. | |
| Kremsertor | [Tony Allen:] Kremsertor; If I recall correctly, the vessel was carrying cement, when it sank on her maiden voyage. | |
| Kristina Coast | Sunk after collision with petrol tanker Rigel on 13/10/1976. | |
| Kromwick | German Barque; 622 tons; Sunk by the R.A.F on 07/12/1942 | |
| Kronprinz Wilhelm | Kronprinz Wilhelm was a 25.388 ton German battleship, built Kiel in 1914. She measured 575ftx97ft and has 46.200hp turbines. Armament: ten 12 in, fourteen 5,9 in, two 3,45 in guns, five torpedo tubes. Sunk: 21 June, 1919, in Scapa Flow. She was scuttled together with the rest of the German fleet. Seacocks and valves opened, then smashed. Turned turtle three hours after scuttle order given. | |
| Kul SS | [Other Source:]Kul (possibly), steamer of 1.095 tons. Sunk: 1918, Torpedoed. [Leanne Hall:]S.S Kul torpedoed 12/06/1918 by UB103. 4 lives lost. | |
| Kursk SS | The Kursk was on her way from Antwerp to Russia with a substantial cargo of French Baccarat crystal for Tsar Nicolas II, when she sunk in a storm. There has been salvaging by amateur divers. | |
| Kvernaas SS | [Martien Slaats:] Kvernaas werd 17-2-1940 getorpedeerd door u-10 (preuss)op 51.50 N 03,19 4 mijl noord-west of de Schouwenbank allen gered. Sunk 17-2-1940, while on voyage from rotterdam to oslo with coke. No casualties. Norway was still neutral at the time | |
| KW-103 Wim | Motorkotter : KW 103 - Wim; Eigenaar : W. Krijgsman; Woonplaats : Katwijk aan Zee ; LxBxH : 23.43x6.03x2.83 m | |
| Kwasind SS | [Tony Allen:]Kwasind was a 2.211grt British Merchant ship. On the 11th March 1917 when off Southwold she hit a mine and sank. 12 lives lost. | |
| Kyanite SS | [Tony Allen:]Kyanite was a 564grt British Merchant ship. On the 15th February 1917 when 27 miles SSW from Bardsey Island, Wakles she was captured by submarine, sunk by bombs. | |
| Kyarra SS | [HSAC:]6.953 ton Australian steamer used as casualty-clearing ship, built 1903. 415ftx52ft 770hp triple-expansion engines. Armed: 4.7in guns on stern. 2.600 tons general and Australian mails, plus hospital supplies and medical staff, Tilbury for Sydney, Australia, via Devonport to embark 1,000 Australian wounded. Sunk 26 May, 1918 by torpedo portside amidships from UB-57 (Oberleutnant Johann Lohs). Six crew killed. | |
| Kyle Skye | [Tony Allen:]Kyle Skye is 116 tons and 130.3 feet in length. | |
| Kyma SS | [Tony Allen:]Kymas was a Greek Steamk Freighter built in 1912 and owned by HADOULIS LTD, J P. NICOLAS SITTINAS & CO. She was formerly called HESLEYSIDE (1933). She was on route from ROSARIO for AVONMOUTH carrying 6000 tons of maize 90 tons of trucks when she was torpedoed by U-37 and sunk. 7 crew lost freom a 30 crew total. | |