| Location Vessel type Propulsion Length Beam Depth Position Tonnage Cargo Date Sunk |
Newhaven Merchant Tanker Steamer 105.5 mtrs 14.3 mtrs 18-26 mtrs laying on her starboard side 3700 Oil 11/10/1917 |
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| History Built 1901by Swan & Hunter of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.She was powered by a triple expansion engine with two boilers. She was sunk while working for the Expeditionary force transport on 11th October 1917 by mine laid by UC-50, 4 miles southwest of Beechy Head, whilst en route form Port Arthur to Dover. She is listed as being armed. |
| Present state Sitting on her starboard side, decks are vertical, badly corroded so this is a wreck to take care with.Superstructure gone but hull recognisable |
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