Maritime record MWX1707 - Romsdalen

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84. (1) Built: 1895 Builder: W Gray and Co. Where Built: West Hartlepool Horsepower: 224 Boilers: 2 Propulsion: screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Owner: G B Harland and; Co. Master: Weatherall Construction: p.deck 27ft; q.deck 90ft; 1 x deck; machinery by Central Marine Eng. Works, West Hartlepool Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index; LR 1916 17 No 744
Divers report she is intact, apart from her superstructure, which has either been swept or is collapsing.(8)
Position 5032.22 N 2 40.06W taken from (8)
gross tonnage

1917 wreck of an English cargo vessel, torpedoed by the German submarine U 84 while en route from Swansea to Calais with a cargo of patent fuel. The remains of the ROMSDALEN are believed to be the wreck described in record 1601011. See also record 904584 for a wreck formerly believed to be her remains.
Status: Casualty <9>

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

<2> 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.

<3> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p94 (Index). SWX4540.

<4> Tennant, A J, 1990, British Merchant Ships Sunk by U boats in the 1914-1918 War, p117 (Monograph). SWX4539.

<5> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p33 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 127 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/0875 (Unpublished document). SWX365.

<8> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), 65 (p61) (Monograph). SWX1.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1149132 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 19 2023 2:54PM