Maritime record TR 46 SE 35 - Regin

Summary

NORWEGIAN MERCHANT STEAMER, 1915

Location

Grid reference TR 4738 6262 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR46SE
District DOVER, KENT

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Believed to have been torpedoed at 6.30am by a German U-Boat, but possibly mined. The explosion took place in the forward part of the vessel, and she sank in a few minutes. The captain and crew escaped in two boats, being picked up by a British torpedo boat destroyer and landed at Dover from whence they proceeded to London. Bound eventually for the USA, the ship had anchored at the N end of the Downs due to fog. A violent explosion took place just as they commenced to heave in the anchor cable. The crew were picked up three hours later. Add.C.D: P.deck 50ft; b.deck 71ft; f.castle 29ft; 1 x deck. Year Built: 1915 Builder: Sorlandets Skibs Byg Engine HP: 150 Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cyl triple expansion engine Boilers: 2 Owner: Dpsk Akties Regin Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. TT.24 & 27.02.1915 p8(R); LCR.1915 p10(i); LR.1915-16 No.33(Supp)(R)


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 1994 12:00AM