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LINERS
SUNK AROUND THE UK 1900 - 2000
Below
is a list of liners sunk around the
British coast during 1900 - 2000. If
you would like to add any
information on a specific ship or ships
then please E-mail us and we will update
the entry.
| ALAUNIA
I |
SB & E Co. Greenock, Glasgow 1913.
13,405gt 520ft x 65ft Twin Screw
Triple Expansion Engines. 520 Second
Class and 150 Third Class Passengers.
|
Sunk
on 19/10/1916 after hitting
a mine 2 miles from the Royal Sovereign
Lightship English Channel. An attempt
was made to beach her but she sank
soon afterwards. 2 Lost.
|
| AMSTERDAM
II |
John
Brown & Co. Clydebank 1930. 4,220gt
350' x 50'. 450 First Class 100
Second Class. Built for London &
North Eastern Railway Line. |
Converted
for troop carrying at the outbreak
of WW2. Later converted in the Clyde
to a hospital ship. Sunk by a mine
while taking casulaties from Juno
Beach on 07/08/1944. 55
patients, 10 RAMC staff, 30 crew
and 11 POW lost. |
| ANDANIA
I |
SB
& E Co. Greenock, Glasgow 1913.
13,405gt 520ft x 65ft Twin Screw
Quadruple Expansion Engines. 520
Second Class and 150 Third Class
Passengers. |
Sunk
on 27/01/1918 after being
torpedoed by U46. She was taken
in tow but sank 4 miles short of
Rathlin Island North Channel. 7
Lost. |
| ASKA |
Swan
Hunter, Newcastle 1939. 3995gt 444ft
x 61ft Twin Screw Diesel. 50 First
Class, 300 Second class. |
Sunk
on 22/09/1940 after running
onto rocks at Cara Island South
of the Isle of Gigha Scotland. The
wreck had been drifting, burning
and abandoned for two days before
she came ashore after being attacked
by German bombers. |
| AURANIA
II |
Swan
Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle
1913. 13,936gt 520ft x 65ft Twin
Screw powered by 4 Double Reduction
Engines. 520 Second Class 150 Third
Class. |
Sunk
on 04/02/1918 after running
aground on Caliach Point Isle Of
Mull. The Aurania had been under
tow after being torpedoed by UB-67.
8 lost. |
| BERMUDA |
Workman
Clark & Co. Belfast 1927. 19,086
gt 547ft x 74ft, Doxford diesel
Quadruple Screw. 616 First Class
72 Second Class. |
Having
caught fire while undergoing a refit
at Workman Clark, the hull was sold
to Metal Industries Ltd Rosyth.
Whilst under tow, she broke her
lines and sank on 17/06/1931
after running aground on Badcall
Islands, Eddracilles Bay Scotland.
58.15.01 N 05.11.31W |
| BISCO
9 (formerly ASSYRIA III) |
Friedrich
Krupp Germaniawerft, Keil 1928.
5218gt 449ft x 55ft. Twin Screw
Quadruple Expansion Engines. 136
First Class, 126 Third, 1,049 Steerage.
|
Sunk
on 17/09/1950 after running
aground near Campbletown, Mull Of
Kintyre. The ship was on her way
to be broken up. |
| CALERDON
|
Workman
Clark & Co. Belfast 1900. 4,083gt
378ft x 47ft Single Screw Triple
Expansion Engines. Passengers Unknown.
|
Sunk
on 23/01/1912 after a collision
with the SS Musketeer in the River
Mersey. |
| CALGARIAN |
Fairfield
& Co. 1914. 17,515gt, 569ft x
70ft. |
Sunk
on 01/03/1918 with acting
as auxiliary cruiser for the 9th
Cruiser Squadron. Hit by a spread
of four torpedoes she sank in very
little time. 49 Lost. |
| CAMPANIA |
Fairfield
S.B Co. Glasgow 1893. 12,950tg 620ft
x 65ft Twin Screw Triple Expansion
Engines. 60 First Class, 400 Second
Class, 1,000 Third Class.
|
Converted
to an Armed Merchant Cruiser and
Aircraft carrier at Cammell Laird
in November 1914. Sunk on 15/11/1918
after colliding with the Battleship
HMS Revenge in the Firth Of Forth.
|
CARIBBEAN
(Ex Dunottar Castle) |
A
Royal Mail Line ship.5,800gt. Requisitioned
as a troop ship. |
While
sailing for Scapa Flow, she foundered
off Cape Wrath, Scotland on 27/09/16
in bad weather. A tow by HMS Birkenhead
was unsuccessful. 23 Lost. |
| CARPATHIA
(Titanic
Rescue ship) |
Swan
Hunter, Newcastle 1902. 13,603gt,
540ft x 64ft. Twin Screw 2 x Quadruple
Expansion Engines. 204 Second Class
& 1,500 Third Class. |
Attacked
and sunk on 17/07/1917 by
the German submarine U55, 170 miles
west of Bishops Rock, while outward
bound to New York. Five engine room
staff were killed directly by the
explosions but 215 crew and all
57 passengers were saved and rescued
by the sloop HMS Snowdrop. |
| CUVIER.
|
A.Leslie
& Co. Hebburn On Tyne 1883. 2,229
gt. 302ft x 37ft Single Screw, Compound
Engines, 80 First Class Passengers.
|
Sunk
on 09/03/1900 after collision
with the SS Dovre off East Goodwin
Sands, 26 lost. |
| H.M.H.S.
DRINA |
Harland
& Wolff, Belfast 1913. 11,483 gt,
500 ft x 62 ft. Twin Screw, Quadruple
Expansion Engines |
Requisitioned
for use as a hospital ship; she
was in fact the first merchant ship
to be taken over for this service
in World War 1. Torpedoed and sunk
on 01/03/1917 outside Milford
Haven, off Skokholm Island by UC65.
15 lives lost. |
| EGYPT |
Caird
& Co. Greenock 1897. 7,912gt 500'
x 54' Single Screw Triple Expansion
Engines. 301 First Class, 208 Second
Class. Built for the Peninsular
& Oriental Steam Navigation Company
(P&O) for the Indian and Australian
services. |
Converted
to a Hospital Ship for work in Mediterranean
during WW1. She was refitted and
re-entered service in 1921. Sunk
in a collision with the steamship
Seine on 20/05/1922. The ships had
collided in dense fog off Ushant,
France. The Egypt sank in 20 minutes
with gold bullion valued at £1,054,000.
The Italian salvage vessel Artigho
raised over half the lost bullion
during the 1930's using 'blast and
grab' techniques directed from a
diver in an observation chamber.
86 Lost |
| EMPRESS
OF BRITAIN |
Built
in 1931. 42,350 tons. Built for
the Canadian Pacific Line. The largest
ship built for the Canadian service
across the Atlantic. Acquired as
a troopship at the beginning of
WW2. |
On
26/10/1940 she was spotted by a
German bomber north west of the
Irish coast. Attacked and bombed
she burned ferociously for two days.
Most of the troops she was carrying
were picked up by escort ships.
Having been taken in tow, she was
torpedoed by U32 on 28/10/1940
and sank with the loss of 45
lives. The
wreck now lies upside down in 160m
of water of the N.W coast of Ireland. |
| FELTRIA |
William
Denny Bros. Dumbarton 1891. 5,254tg,
420ft x 48 ft. Single Screw Quadruple
Expansion Engines. 400 Third Class. |
Sunk
on 05/05/1917 after being
torpedoed 8 miles off Mine Head
Waterford. 45 Lost. |
| FLAVIA |
Palmers
Co. Jarrow, Sunderland 1902. 9,285gt,
470ft x 57ft. Twin screw Triple
Expansion Engines. 125 First Class
& 900 Third Class. |
Sunk
on the 24/08/1918 after being
struck by two torpedoes from U107
off Tory Island Ulster. 1 lost. |
| FLORISTAN |
by
J. Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields
1928. 5478gt 415ft x 54ft. Single
Screw Triple Expansion Engines.
|
Sunk
on 19/01/1942 after running
aground at Kilchiaran Bay on Islay.
|
| FOLIA |
James
Laing & Co. Sunderland 1907. 6,704gt,
430ft x 52ft. Twin Screw Triple
Expansion Engines. 120 First Class,
50 Second Class and 1,500 Third
Class. |
Sunk
off Waterford while inbound for
Avonmouth 11/03/1917. Torpedoed
and finished off with gunfire.
11 lost. |
| GEORGETOWN
VICTORY |
Built
in 1945. 7,604 tons. |
Returning
from Australia with 1200 Royal Navy
and Royal Marines aboard for repatriation
at Glasgow, she ran aground on 30.4.1946
on rocks south of Killard Point,
Ulster. All were taken off. Broken
in two she was later scrapped were
she lay. An inquiry was held into
why she had been several miles off
her course for Glasgow. |
| GLENART
CASTLE (Ex Galician) |
1918.
Union Steam Ship Company Ltd vessel
while in use as a hospital ship.
|
Travelling
from Newport South Wales to Brest,
was torpedoed by U56 in the Bristol
Channel 20 miles west of Lundy Island.
(other reports says 10 miles) Only
38 of the crew and medical staff
of 206 survived. |
| JUSTICIA |
Harland
& Wolff, Belfast 1914. 32,234gt
776ft x 86ft. Quadruple Screw 8
Cylinder Triple Expansion Engines.
Requisitioned whilst under construction. |
Sunk
on the 20/07/1918 after being
torpedoed by both the UB 64 (initiating
the attack on the 19/07) and the
UB 124 (finishing her off on 20/07).
The Justicia was the largest merchant
vessel sunk during World War I.
|
| KONINGIN
EMMA |
Built
for the Nederland Royal Mail Line
in 1913. |
On
22/09/1915 she struck a mine
a mile west of the Sunk Light Vessel
in the Thames Estuary, while returning
from Batavia to Rotterdam. |
| KYARRA |
William
Denny Bros. Dumbarton 1903. 6,953gt
415ft x 52ft. Twin Screw Triple
Expansion Engines. 42 First Class,
20 second Class. |
Torpedoed
by the German submarine UB 57 off
the Dorset coast 26/05/1918.
6 Lost. |
| LANGTON
GRANGE |
Workman
Clark & Co. Belfast 1896. 5,851gt
420ft x 54ft. Single Screw Triple
Expansion Engines. 26 First Class,
230 Third. |
Sunk
on 05/08/1909 on the North
Bishop's Rocks Pembrokeshire.
|
| LEINSTER
|
|
Torpedoed
by Germans on 18/10/1918
in Irish Sea. |
| LEOPOLDVILLE |
John
Cockerill Shipbuilders, New Jersey
1929. 11,509gt 517' x 62'. 180 First
Class 180 second Class. Built for
Cie Maritime Belge Company.
|
Converted
in Liverpool to a troop ship at
the outbreak of WW2. Leopoldville
had made 23 crossings ferrying troops
as part of the D-Day landings before
being torpedoed by U486 on 24/12/1944
(Christmas Eve). 802 men from
the U.S Army 66th Infantry Division
(The Black Panthers) lost their
lives. |
| LLANDOVERY
CASTLE |
Built
in 1914, 11,423 tons, for the Union
Castle Line. Requisitioned for service
as a troopship in December 1915.
|
Converted
to a hospital ship in 1917 and sunk
while on a crossing of the Atlantic
from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool
on 27/06/1918 by U 86, 114
miles south west of Fastnet Rock.
She was displaying a brightly illuminated
Red Cross. She sank within 10 minutes.
Only 24 people, including Captain
Sylvester, survived, and 234
people perished after the lifeboats
were also sunk. |
| LUSITANIA
|
John
Brown & Co. Clydebank 1865. 31,550gt,
790ft x 87ft. Quadruple Screw Quadruple
Parsons Turbines. 563 first Class,
464 second Class & 1,186 Third Class.
802 Crew. |
Set out from New York on 01/05/1915
with 1,959 aboard. Turning into
St.George's Channel on the 07/05/1915
she was torpedoed without warning
by the German submarine U20. She
sank off the Old Head Of Kinsale
in around 15 minutes with the loss
of 1,198. |
| MOLDAVIA |
Caird
& Co. Greenock 1903. 9,5055gt 20ft
x 58ft. Twin Screw Quadruple Expansion
Engines. 348 First Class & 166 Second
Class. |
Lost
off Littlehampton, Sussex 22/05/1918.
The P&O ship was requisitioned in
1915 and converted to an auxilliary
cruiser. She was another victim
of UB 57. 56 Lost. |
| OCEANA |
Harland
& Wolff Belfast 1888. 6,610gt 468ft
X 48ft Single Screw Triple Expansion
Engines. 240 First Class 150 Second
Class. |
Sunk
on 16/03/1912 after a collision
with the German sailing barque Pisagua
off Beachy Head. |
| OCEANIC
|
Harland
& Wolff Belfast 1899. 17,274gt,
704ft x 60ft. Twin Screw Triple
Expansion Engines. |
A
White Star Liner she was the first
ship to exceed the length of the
Great Eastern. After being requistioned
on the outbreak of the First World
War as an armed merchant cruiser,
she was attached to the 10th cruiser
squadron of the Royal Navy. Ran
aground on 08/09/15 in thick
fog on rocks on Foula Island, Shetland.
|
| OSLOFJORD
|
Built in 1938 for the Norwegian
American Lines. 18,673gt 590' x
73'. Quadruple Deisel engines. 860
passengers 310 crew. |
Broke her back on an acoustic
mine while carrying 13,000 sacks
of mail with a further 2,500 tons
of wheat 01/12/1940. Beached
south of the Tyne Pier. Fore end
capsized on 22nd/23rd January
and became a total loss, but the
mail had been salved. The situation
was further compounded when the
greek steamship Eugenia Chandris
struck the wrecksite on 15/03/1943.
55.00.17N 01.23.72W |
| OTRANTO |
Workman
Clark & Co. Belfast 1909. 12,124gt
535ft x 64ft. Twin Screw Quadruple
Expansion Engines. 665 Passengers
362 Crew (War Service). |
Sunk
on 06/10/1918 after colliding
with the SS Kashmir and being wrecked
at Machir Bay on the west coast
of Islay. The Otranto had been part
of convoy HX50. 660 Lost. |
| HMHS
REWA |
William
Denny & Bros Dumbarton 1906. 7,267gt,
456ft x 56ft Triple Screw Parson's
Compound Turbines 100 First Class,
65 Second Class & 175 Crew. |
Torpedoed
and sunk on 04/01/1918 while
steaming fully illuminated in the
Bristol Channel. Returning from
the Mediterranean she was carrying
279 cot and walking wounded from
Greece. 3 Killed. |
| ROEBUCK
|
Naval
Construction & Armament Co. Barrow
1897. 1,094gt 281ft x 34ft. Twin
Screw Triple expansion Engines. |
Formerly
on the Channel Islands service,
at the outbreak of war she was renamed
HMS Roedene. Sunk at Scapa Flow
on 13/01/1915 after dragging
her anchor across the bows of the
converted battleship HMS Imperieuse
(now a repair ship). |
| HMHS
ROHILLA |
Harland
& Wolff, Belfast 1906. 7,144gt 460ft
x 56ft. Twin Screw Quadruple Expansion
Engines. 100 First Class, 65 Second
Class & 175 Crew. |
Ran
aground and wrecked on 30/10/1918
close to the Nab, Whitby, in an
east-south east gale. Out of 229
aboard 83 were lost. The
survivors were picked up by the
Whitby, Upgang and Tynernouth lifeboats. |
| SALSETTE |
J.Caird
& Co. Greenock 1908. 5,842gt 440ft
x 53ft. Twin Screw Triple Expansion
Engines. |
Sunk
in the English Channel on 20/07/1917
by torpedoes from UB40. |
| SIMON
BOLIVAR |
8,309 tons. Royal Netherlands Steamship
Company |
The
passenger liner, bound from Rotterdam
to Tilbury and then the West Indies,
was about 25 miles from Harwich,
approaching Longsand Head, when
she hit a mine at 12.30 on 18/11/1939.
She sank in shallow water with the
funnels and masts still showing.
130 people lost their lives,
including the Captain. Survivors
were taken either to Harwich or
to London by passing ships. Throughout
the night a search for survivors
went on but no-one was found. |
| SOUTH
WESTERN |
Built
for the London and Western Railway.
|
The
passenger steamer was lost on 16/03/1918
after being torpedoed by the Germans
11 miles south-west of St. Catherine's
Point, Isle of Wight, with a loss
of 25 of the 31 people on board.
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| TRANSYLVANIA.
|
Fairfield
Ship-Building & Engineering Ltd,
Glasgow 1925. 16,923 gt 578' x 70'.
Twin Screw double reduction Geared
Turbines. 279 First Class, 344 Second
Class & 800 Third Class. |
Built
for the Anchor Line she was requisitioned
as an Armed Merchant Cruiser for
the 10th Cruiser Squadron. She was
hit by a torpedo from U56 while
NW of Malin Head on 10/08/1940.
Taken in tow but sank by the stern.
48 Lost. |
| TUSCANIA
I |
A
Stephen & Sons Glasgow 1914. 14,328gt
549ft x 66ft. Twin Screw powered
by Twin Steam Turbines.305 First
Class, 216 Second Class, 1858 Third
Class. |
Sunk
on 02/02/1918 after being
torpedoed by UB77 SSW of the Mull
of Islay while acting as a troopship.
166 Lost. |
| WAESLAND
(Ex
RUSSIA) |
J
& G Thompson Glasgow 1867. 4,752
gt. 435ft x 42ft Single Screw
Triple Expansion Engines, 120
First Class Passengers, 1,500
Steerage |
Sunk
on 05/03/1902 after a collision
with the SS Harmonides off Anglesey.
2 Lost. |
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