Tarquah (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1917

UKHO Wreck No.011300164. 3,859-ton steel steamship (schooner) of London was owned by the African Steamship Co. but was operated by Elder Dempster Line. Built in 1902 by A. Stephens of Glasgow. Measured L.109.83 x B.13.48 x D.4.34, was armed with a 3ins high angle stern gun. En route from Sierra Leone to Liverpool 96 crew, 59 passengers and a cargo of ingots of gold and ingots of tin or wolfram under captain Anderson. The schooner sank after being torpedoed without warning by a German submarine U

Type:
Steamship

Period:
1917

Coordinates:
51.44°N, 10.26°W

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