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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SE 393 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | HMS Weigelia |
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Summary
POSSIBLY REMAINS OF REQUISITIONED BRITISH TRAWLER, 1916
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1916 AD to 1916 AD)
Full description
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Vertical Datum: LAT Mined. (2) 01-MAR-1961 Depth 62 in general depth 82ft. 19-APR-1978 in 51 08 32N, 001 27 13E. Depth 18.8 in general depth 25.5m, no scour, height 4.9m, length 75ft, lying NW/SE.
A hired armed trawler, previously owned by the Southern Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. of Milford Haven, taken into Admiralty service in 1914, struck a mine laid by a German submarine and sank. Year Built: 1911 Builder: Cochrane and Sons Engine HP: 76 Boilers: 1 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Machinery: C D Holmes Ltd., Hull Construction: 1 x deck; q.deck 69ft Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: SRN.Vol.2 p384; BVLS.1914-18 p14; LCWLR.1914-18 p36; LR.1915-16 No.258(W); MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012303021 (3)
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.
<3> United Kingdom shipwreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. N/a. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. |
