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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 156 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Halcyon |
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Summary
ENGLISH MERCHANT STEAMSHIP, 1916
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1916 AD to 1916 AD)
Full description
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Struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-6 off Dover and sank. Year Built: 1915 Builder: Ailsa SB Co Ltd. Engine HP: 299 Boilers: 2 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Owner: General Steam Nav. Co., London Master: J Phillips Crew Lost: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: BMS.1914-18 p104; BVLS.1914-18 p17; LR.1915-16 No.7(Supp)(H); LCWLR.1914-18 p39; MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012302090
There seems to be some doubt about whether this ship sank off Dover or 3 miles south of Folkestone (2)
<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
<2> Historic England, Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment (Website). SKE31906.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Website: Historic England. Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment. |
