Struck a mine which blew the gun and a winch clean off the poop deck at 5.55am causing the ship to sink at 6.05am. The crew left the vessel in their own boat, landing at Dover. Year Built: 1910 Builder: W Pickersgill and Sons Ltd. Engine HP: 307 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Machinery: Blair and Co. Ltd., Stockton Boilers: 2 Construction: 1 x deck; p.deck 29ft; b.deck 113ft; f.castle 36ft Armament: 1 x 12pdr 12cwt. gun Owner: Ampleforth SS Co. Ltd. Master: T H Moorson Crew: 31 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: PRO.Kew.Adm.137/2964; LR.1915-16 No.104(supp)(A); MOD(N).Hyd.Wk. No.013703365; LCWLR.1914-18 p215; BVLS.1914-18 p89; BMS.1914-18 p10 . (1-2)

The wreck was bvisited by Canterbury Divered who noted: The wreck lies up to 12m proud in a max depth of 34m only a few miles outside of Dover Harbour. She is quite intact and there are lots of areas that can be looked into and penetrated and its all quite clean and free of obstructions.The 12 Pounder Gun and some shell cases are lying on the seabed off of her stern. (3)

<1> Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document). SKE6801.

<2> Hydrographic Office wreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<3> Unknown, 2019, Canterbury Divers: Wreck Sites (Website). SKE52189.