Palmella (SS) (possibly)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1918

UKHO wreck no. 009100489. Chart symbol 81wk. 1,352 ton, 5 year old British steamship, 200 ton of general cargo. Owned by Ellerman Lines Ltd, Liverpool. Built by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd., Leith. Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-92 en route from Liverpool to Lisbon. 28 lost including the master. Wreck lies intact on one side or upside down in a general sea depth of 89m (least depth 81m) orientated NNW/SSE. Measures L.45m x B. 10m x H. 7.5m

Type:
Steamship

Period:
1918

Coordinates:
53.48°N, 5.42°W

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