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  • SS Matheran

    On this day (26th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Matheran (I) (1906-1917)

    British merchant steamer SS Matheran was built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. She was owned, at the time of her loss, by Brocklebank T., & J. Ltd, Liverpool.

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  • SS Clan Shaw

    On this day (23rd January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Clan Shaw (1902-1917)

    The British steamer SS Clan Shaw was built in 1902 by Doxford W. & Sons, Sunderland, and at the time of her loss was owned by Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London.

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  • SS Tremeadow

    On this day (19th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Tremeadow (1905 – 1917)

    British merchant steamer, SS Tremeadow, was built in 1905 by J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields. She was owned by Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. at the time of her loss.

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  • On this day (18th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Manchester Inventor (I) (1902 – 1917)

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    The merchant British steamer SS Manchester Inventor was built in 1902 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Newcastle. At the time of her loss, she was owned by Manchester Liners Ltd.

    On 18 January 1917, on a voyage from St John, New Brunswick to Manchester, carrying general cargo, Manchester Inventor was captured and sunk by torpedo. She was lost 50 miles NW of Fastnet. The strike from a German U-boat captained by Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg thankfully took no lives.

     

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  • SS Brentwood

    On this day (12th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Brentwood (1904 – 1917)

    SS Brentwood was built in 1904 by Austin S.P. & Son, Sunderland and owned by Cory Colliers Ltd.

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  • ss-brookwood

    On this day (10th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Brookwood (1904 – 1917)

    SS Brookwood, a merchant British steamer, was built in 1904 by Ropner & Son, Stockton-on-Tees. At the time of her loss, she was owned by Constantine Joseph.

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  • SS Allie

    On this day (5th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Allie (1899 – 1917)

    The merchant British steamer SS Allie was built in 1899 by Harkess W. & Sons Ltd., Middlesbrough.

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  • SS Wragby

    On this day (4th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Wragby (1901 – 1917)

    SS Wragby was built in 1901 by Ropner & Son, Stockton and owned by Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool at the time of her loss.

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  • SS Carlyle

    On this day (2nd January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    SS Carlyle (1901-1917)

    SS Carlyle was a British steamer weighting 466 tonnes. She was built by Selby Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Selby in 1901 and owned at the time of her loss by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool.

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  • RMS Ivernia

    On this day (1st January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

    RMS Ivernia (1900 – 1917)

    The merchant SS Ivernia was built in 1900 and commissioned as an auxiliary transport vessel. She was torpedoed and sunk 58 miles of Cape Matapan on 1 January 1917 when on her way to Alexandria.

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