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Location Vessel type Propulsion Length Beam Depth Position Tonnage Cargo Date Sunk |
Newhaven Armed Merchantship Steamer 109.7 mtrs 14.3mtrs 30-34 mtrs Upright 3538 Iron ore 29/03/1918 |
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| History Built March 1897 by Short Brothers of pallion in Sunderland at a cost of £32000. She was powered by three cylinder triple expansion engine with twin boilers, with a single deck and 2 masts. She was torpedoed whist on route from algeria to middlesborough and sunk by German submarine UB 57 7 miles off of Newhaven with the loss of the master & 32 crew only 3 survived on 29th march 1918. |
| Present
state Lying upright on the seabed with her bows to the east & partially covered. most of the superstructure has collapsed, the highest point being the stern which stands roughly 10mtrs above the sea bed. she has a bad break amidships |
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