Maritime record TV 99 NE 5 - La Somme

Summary

MERCHANT STEAMER, 1918

Location

Grid reference TV 9628 9936 (point) NLO
Map sheet TV99NE

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB57. LCWLR states that this vessel was lost when she struck a mine, but this does not agree with other sources. Reference 2 also states place of loss as between Royal sovereign Light Vessel and Dungeness and gross tonnage as 1477. Year Built: 1882 Propulsion: Screw Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: ANCL.1914-18 p18; Bureau Veritas, Liste Generale des Navires coules 1914-18 p10


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

<2> 1990, Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, Page Nos. 214 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6347.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: 1990. Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918. Page Nos. 214.

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Record last edited

Oct 6 2022 10:33AM