Maritime record MWX2217 - Ada 1917

The ADA was sunk by gunfire from an unidentified German submarine, whilst en route from London to Landernau. The vessel was carrying a cargo of manure (1). It was built in 1872 by D Egan, Prince Edward Island and owned by G B Joiner. It was registered in Faversham. G E Joiner was the captain. The ship was 187 gross tons, had one deck and was partly fixed with iron bolts. (1-3)

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR 1915-16 No 55. (4)

Tonnage gross 187 tons.

<1> 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.

<2> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p92 (Index). SWX4540.

<3> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p32 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<4> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<5> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 4 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1148591 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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