Maritime record TR 36 SE 160 - Lorma
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 3574 6300 (point) NLO |
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Map sheet | TR36SE |
Civil Parish | WORTH, DOVER, KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
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Full Description
After becoming disabled by heavy weather and involvement in a collision with the SS. GODMANDUN off Dover, capsized and sank, drowning eight of her nine crew. A few days later Trinity House raised the wreck, the tender WARDEN towing it, still up side down to Pegwell Bay. There it was blown up using gunn cotton, in a spectacular explosion, throwing wreckage several hundred feet into the air. Her remains were broken up where she lay. Crew: 9 Crew Lost: 8 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. LCR.1891 p9(d); GSS. Larn. R. 1977 p132 and 169
<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE6340 Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 9 1994 12:00AM