Maritime record TR 34 SE 393 - HMS Weigelia

Summary

POSSIBLY REMAINS OF REQUISITIONED BRITISH TRAWLER, 1916

Location

Grid reference TR 3907 4361 (point) Centred on
Map sheet TR34SE
District DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Mined. (2) 01-MAR-1961 Depth 62 in general depth 82ft. 19-APR-1978 in 51 08 32N, 001 27 13E. Depth 18.8 in general depth 25.5m, no scour, height 4.9m, length 75ft, lying NW/SE.

A hired armed trawler, previously owned by the Southern Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. of Milford Haven, taken into Admiralty service in 1914, struck a mine laid by a German submarine and sank. Year Built: 1911 Builder: Cochrane and Sons Engine HP: 76 Boilers: 1 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Machinery: C D Holmes Ltd., Hull Construction: 1 x deck; q.deck 69ft Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: SRN.Vol.2 p384; BVLS.1914-18 p14; LCWLR.1914-18 p36; LR.1915-16 No.258(W); MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012303021 (3)


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<2> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.

<3> United Kingdom shipwreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. N/a.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2014 1:06PM