Shipwreck Research Information

Ships Name: Remus

Date Lost: 23/02/1918

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Official number:

Ship Type: Steamship

Cargo: Coal

Cause: Mined by UC 59

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Sea State:

Crew: 17

Crew Lost: 5

Pass: 00

Pass Lost: 00

T/Lost: 5

P of Registry: Goole

Flag: British

Owner: Wadsworth G.B. Goole

Shipbuilder: Fullerton J & Co

Construction: Steel

Where Built: Paisley

Year Built: 1908

Propulsion: screw, 3 Cyl. Exp.

Machinery: Ross & Duncan, Glasgow

Boilers: 2

      Hp: 163

Gross Tons: 1079

Net:   (tons)

Length: 67.36

Breadth: 10.41

Ships Draft: 3.98    (m)

Armament: 1 x 90mm

Voyage From: Longhope

Voyage To: *?? Sealed orders

Location A: Off Copinsay

Location B: South of

Latitude:  58 50. N

Longitude:  002 45. W

Depth: 60 meters

Captain: Lea. J.

Circumstances of loss:

Struck mine on port side and sunk with loss of 5 men. Port side lifeboat was destroyed in explosion. Starboard lifeboat capsized, was righted by the 12 survivors who were then picked up by a naval vessel.

Lloyds War Losses WW1    (pg 202)

Date             Vessel                  Flag      tons     how                           Position                   voyage and cargo

1918                                                                           Sunk

Feb 23.         Remus.                   Br.      1079.       S.           58 50 N   2 42 W.       Longhope for ---------   Coal.

Hocking 1969, IV/12; Brit Vess Lost 1914-18; LL 25 Feb 1918 -/22; LL 26 Feb 1918; LL 8 Mar 1918 -/20; LR 1918-19, I/9, C/119; Brit War Losses 1914-18, D/142

hit a mine laid by UC 59 on February 14, 1918 from 58°50.8'N, 02°44.2'W to 58°52.3'N, 02°45.2'W.

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