Polwell (SS)

Name: Polwell (SS)
Address: IE

Collier in Ireland, dating from 1918

UKHO wreck no. 009100714. Chart symbol 25.3sw/25wk. 2,013 ton, 30 year old British collier built in Troon. Previously called the Northumbria, the Syra and the Deutsche Kaiser. Torpedoed, sunk by German submarine U-96 en route from Troon to France, cargo of coal. No loss of life. Wreck lies intact and upright wreck in a general sea depth of 35m (least depth 25.4m). The wreck measures 92m in length, 11.4m in width and 8.34m in maximum height. It is orientated NE–SW on the seafloor, with its bow

Type:: Collier
Period:: 1918
Coordinates:: 53.55°N, 5.93°W

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