Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 1 December Molesey Merchant 3,218 1 December Euphorbia Merchant 3,109 1 December Rydal Hall Merchant 3,314 1 December Rion Fishing (Smack) 39 2 December Birchgrove Merchant 2,821 2 December Kintuck Merchant 4,639 2 December Berwick Law Merchant 4,680 2 December Copeland Merchant 1,184 3 December Wreathier Merchant 852 […]
Read More
SS City of Lucknow (1917-1917) British cargo vessel SS City of Lucknow was built in 1917 by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. At the time of her loss in the same year, during WW1, the steamer of 8,293 tonnes was owned by the City of Oran SS. Co., Ltd., Liverpool.
Read More
SS Vinovia (1906-1917) British cargo vessel SS Vinovia was built in 1906 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland, and at the time of her loss during WW1, the steamer of 7,046 tonnes was owned by the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool. Whilst on passage from New York to London, the Vinovia became separated from the rest […]
Read More
SS Charleston (1908-1917) British merchant cargo vessel, SS Charleston, was a steamer of 1,866 tonnes built in 1908 by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. At the time of her loss during WW1, the Charleston was owned by Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
Read More
SS Earl of Elgin (1909-1917) British merchant vessel, SS Earl of Elgin, was built in 1909 by Russell & Co. Ltd., Greenock, and at the time of her loss, the defensively-armed steamer was owned by Marshall & Dobbie, Glasgow.
Read More
Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 2 November Jessie Merchant 332 2 November Cape Finisterre Merchant 4,380 2 November Farraline Merchant 1,226 4 November Antaeus Merchant 3,061 4 November Border Knight Merchant 3,724 5 November Hilda R Merchant (S.V) 100 7 November Suntrap Merchant 1,353 8 November The Marquis Merchant 373 9 November Ardglamis […]
Read More
SS Apapa (1914-1917) SS Apapa was a defensively-armed British ocean liner built in 1914 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. At the time of her loss a century ago, the steamer of 7,832 tonnes was owned by Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool.
Read More
SS Aros Castle (1901-1917) SS Aros Castle was a British cargo ship built in 1901 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. The steamer of 5,739 tonnes was owned, at the time of her loss during WW1, by the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd., London.
Read More
SS Prophet (1911-1917) SS Prophet was a British cargo ship built in 1911 by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Willington. At the time of her loss a century ago, the Prophet was owned by John Gaff & Co., Glasgow.
Read More
SS Ballogie (1889-1917) SS Ballogie was a British merchant ship built in Sunderland in 1889 by Short Brothers Ltd. At the time of her loss 28 years later, the Ballogie was owned by Davidson J. & A. Ltd., Aberdeen.
Read More
