Maritime record MWX1611 - Daphne 1916

The Daphne was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB16 in the channel south of Lyme Bay. (1)

Year Built: 1899
Builder: Wood, Skinner and Co.
Where Built: Newcastle upon Tyne
Engine HP: 138
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine.
Owner: Arendal Akties
Master: A Nilsen [this was her penultimate owner, according to <7>]; from September 1916, Jacob Rabes D/S A/S II (Jacob Rabe), Tonsberg <7>

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR 1915 16 No 182(D).

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p69 (Index). SWX4540.

<3> Von Munching, L, 1968, Merchant shipping losses of Allied, neutral and central powers during and shortly after World War I, p79 (Monograph). SWX4751.

<4> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<5> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 927 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<6> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 25 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<7> http://www.skipet.no, accessed and translated from the Norwegian on 17-SEP-2007 (Digital archive). SDO20138.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 892077 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 9:16AM