Maritime record MWX1706 - Valdes

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84. Eleven men were killed. The captain was amongst the survivors. (2) Built: 1914 Builder: Craig Taylor andamp; Co. Where Built: Stockton-upon-Tees Propulsion: screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Horsepower: 232 Boilers: 2 Owner: Avetoros andamp; Co. Ltd. Master: L S Scott Crew Lost: 11 Construction: 1 deck; machinery by N E Marine Eng. Co., Sunderland Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR 1916 17 No 22 (V)

Gross tonnage

Position 50 23.68N 2 24.42W taken from (9)

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

<2> Hocking, Charles, 1990, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, p730 (Monograph). SWX4536.

<3> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p95 (Index). SWX4540.

<4> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p33 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<5> 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.

<6> Tennant, A J, 1990, British Merchant Ships Sunk by U boats in the 1914-1918 War, p240 (Monograph). SWX4539.

<7> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/2199 (Unpublished document). SWX485.

<8> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 128 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<9> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), 152 (p117) (Monograph). SWX1.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1148451 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 14 2023 4:47PM