Hare (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1917

UKHO wreck no. 009100350. Chart symbol 50wk. 774 ton, 31 year old British steam ship owned by George Lowen of Manchester. Built by Barclay Curle & Co., measured L. 216 x B. 29 x D. 15 feet. Torpedoed, sunk by German submarine U-62 en route from Manchester to Dublin with general cargo. Twelve lives lost, captain survived. The wreck of the Hare is orientated NE–SW on the seafloor and measures 45m long by 10m wide. It has a maximum height of 10.7m and appears to be broken in two. Deep sediment sc

Type:
Steamship

Period:
1917

Coordinates:
53.40°N, 5.72°W

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