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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 416 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Wreck of the SS Traquair |
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Summary
The SS Traquair was a Scottish Merchant Steamship or collier weighing 1067 tons built in Grangemouth in 1915. She escaped a U-Boat in July 1915 but was unlucky when she struck a mine laid by UC-6 on 12 Jan 1916. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3326 4061 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (sunk 1916, Modern - 1915 AD to 1916 AD)
Full description
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Struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-6 in the Straits of Dover and sank. Year Built: 1915 Builder: Greenock and Grangemouth Dky. Co. Engine HP: 180 Boilers: 2 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Machinery: J G Kincaid and Co. Ltd.,Greenock Construction: 1 x deck; p.deck 24ft.; b.deck 60ft.; f.castle 30ft. Owner: Gibson, George and Co. Ltd., Leith Master: G M Telford. The mine struck between the engine room and No 3 hold blowing the hatch covers 30m into the air. She immediately took a heavy list to starboard and commenced to sink. Only the starboard boats could be launched and the crew abandoned ship. They were picked up by the patrol boat Strathyre. They struck the mine at 1045 Hrs, the ship sank at 1050 Hrs and the survivors were landed at Dover at 1130 Hrs. (1-3)
The Canterbury Divers visited the wreck site and noted: This wreck only a short distance from the eastern entrance to Dover harbour lies in a max depth of 30m on her port side, she is very proud and stands up to 24m. There is extensive damage caused by the mine and wear and tear with some large holes in the hull and lots of spars and beams poking out. (3)
<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
<2> Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document). SKE6801.
<3> Unknown, 2019, Canterbury Divers: Wreck Sites (Website). SKE52189.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. [Mapped feature: #14022 Wreck site, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. 1993. Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston. |
| <3> | Website: Unknown. 2019. Canterbury Divers: Wreck Sites. |
