Wychwood (SS)

Steel Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1917

1,985-ton, 10-year-old steel steamship of London. Measured L. 85.11m by B. 12.24m by D. 5.51m. Built by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd. in Sunderland. Owned by Fenwick & Co. Ltd., France, master was G.D. Fowle. Torpedoed without warning by German submarine UC-65. Three lives lost. Wreck surveyed by UKHO in 1979. Orientated N/S on the seabed in 57m of water. Measures 45m long and 0.5m high.

Type:
Steel Steamship

Period:
1917

Coordinates:
52.57°N, 5.99°W

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