Baldersby (SS)

Steel Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1918

3,613-ton, 5-year-old British steel steamship of West Hartlepool. Measured L. 105.58m = B. 15.44m = D. 7.08m. Owned, built by Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., Stockton. Captain was Eves. Sank after being torpedoed by German submarine UD-91, en route from Montreal to Avonmouth, cargo of grain. Two lives lost. The wreck was surveyed by INFOMAR in 2005 and lies in 107m of water. It is orientated NE-SW and measures 90m long, 17m wide and has a maximum height of 10m above the seabed. GSI Wreck No. GSI_189.

Type:

Steel Steamship

Period:

1918

Coordinates:

53.20°N, 5.34°W

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