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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 1 March Borgan Merchant 1,046 1 March Penvearn Merchant 3,710 1 March Cecil L Shave Merchant (S.V) 102 2 March Carmelite Merchant 2,583 2 March Rockpool Merchant 4,502 2 March Bessy Merchant (Motor) 60 2 March Kenmare Merchant 1,330 3 March Romeo Merchant 1,730 3 March Northfield Merchant […]
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SS T.R. Thompson (1897-1918) SS T.R. Thompson was a British cargo ship built in 1897 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland. At the time of her loss during WW1, the steamer of 3,538 tonnes was under the ownership of James Westoll Ltd., Sunderland.
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SS Allendale (1917-1918) The British merchant vessel SS Allendale was built in 1917 by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd., Sunderland. A year later, at the time of the steamer’s loss, she was owned by Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London.
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Commodore Malcolm Williams CBE RN retires after 14 years…
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SS Corvus (1902-1918) SS Corvus was a British steel cargo ship built in 1902 by Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredrikstad. At the time of her loss a century ago, the steamer of 571 tonnes was owned by the British Government, London.
Read More SS Yochow (1901-1918) British cargo steamer SS Yochow was built in 1901 by Scott & Co., Greenock and owned at he time of her loss by the China Navigation Co. Ltd., London.
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