April 2018 - Shipwrecked Mariners' Society

Remembering British merchant and fishing ships sunk in April, 1918

Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 1 April Ardglass Merchant 4,617 2 April Solway Queen Merchant 307 5 April Cyrene Merchant 2,904 7 April Port Campbell Merchant 6,230 7 April Rye Merchant 986 7 April Highland Bridge Merchant 5,669 7 April Boscastle Merchant 2,346 8 April Bengali Merchant 5,684 10 April Henley Merchant 3,249 […]

On this day (26th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Llwyngwair (1913-1918) SS Llwyngwair was a merchant British steamer ship built in 1913 by Antwerp Engineering Co. Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss five years later by Harries Bros & Co., Swansea.

Sami Smashes Marathon Fundraising Target

The Grants Manager of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society has raised more than £1,400 for the organisation, having completed Sunday’s gruelling London Marathon. Sami Raeburn, who lives in Brighton, completed the course in the hottest marathon on record in five hours and 12 minutes, comfortably surpassing her £1,000 fundraising target in the process. On her achievement, Sami […]

On this day (24th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Agnete (1894-1918) SS Agnete was a Danish steamer owned by The Shipping Controller, London, at the time of her loss during WW1. Built in 1894 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, the Agnete was a cargo ship of 1,127 tonnes.

On this day (19th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS War Helmet (1917-1918) British merchant vessel SS War Helmet was a steamer of 8,184 tonnes built in 1917 by Asano Shipbuilding Co., Tsurumi. At the time of her loss during WW1, she was owned by The Shipping Controller, London.

On this day (17th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Bamse (1875-1918) SS Bamse was a British merchant ship built by T. Turnbull & Son, Whitby in 1875 and owned at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller, London.

On this day (12th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Moyune (1895-1918) British cargo vessel, SS Moyune, was built by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London. She was a steamer of 4,935 tonnes.

On this day (10th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Henley (1894-1918) SS Henley was a British cargo vessel built in 1894 by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow and owned at the time of her loss during WW1 by Britain SS. Co. Ltd., London. She was a steamer of 3,249 tonnes.

On this day (5th April) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Cyrene 1888-1918 British cargo vessel SS Cyrene was built in 1888 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland and was owned at the time of her loss by Coupland W. & Co., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.