Maritime record MWX2320 - Hazelwood

Built: 1904 Builder: Ropner andamp; Son Where Built: Stockton-on-Tees Horsepower: 273 Boilers: 2 Propulsion: screw-driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Armament: 1 x 12pdr. 18cwt. Stern mounted Owner: Gascony SS Co. Ltd., London master: J F Anderson Crew: 32 Crew Lost: 32 Construction: p.deck 31ft; b.deck 166ft; f.castle 36ft; 1 x deck; machinery by Blair and Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees Date of Loss Qualifier: A Thought to have struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-62 since a passing vessel, the SS ETONIAN, heard shouts in the water and sent out a distress call for assistance. A bag containing the ships papers of the HAZELWOOD was picked up following a search by a patrol vessel; and it was considered that the shouts had come from members of the crew of this vessel, which had been sunk in this position. (2) …32 lost including the master. (1) Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in approximate position 50 33.00N 001 45.00W. (4) A sounding lead, a porthole, 2 valves and 2 gauges recovered from this wreck, 8 miles from Anvil Point.(Droit A/933.(9) Additional sources: LR 1917-18 No.372(H) PRO Kew Adm.137/2963

gross tonnage

Position 50 28.92 N 1 48.42 W taken from (12)
Wreck event and documentary evidence:

Thought to have struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-62 since a passing vessel, the SS ETONIAN, heard shouts in the water and sent out a distress call for assistance. A bag containing the ship's papers of the HAZELWOOD was picked up following a search by a patrol vessel; and it was considered that the shouts had come from members of the crew of this vessel, which had been sunk in this position. (2)

… 32 lost including the master. (1)

Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in approximate position 50 33.00N 001 45.00W. (4)

A sounding lead, a porthole, 2 valves and 2 gauges recovered from this wreck, 8 miles from Anvil Point. (Droit A/933) (9)

Mined by UC 62. (10)

Vessel sank very quickly and without survivors. A review of UC 75's KTB suggests that HAZLEWOOD was the vessel torpedoed by the U boat, and not BRITANNIA as originally believed. (11)

Built: 1904 (2)
Builder: Ropner & Son (2)
Where Built: Stockton-on-Tees (2)
Official number: 113908 (10)
Horsepower: 273 (2)
Boilers: 2 (2)
Propulsion: screw-driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine (2)
Armament: 1 x 12pdr. 18cwt. Stern gun (2) 1 x 12pdr. 12 cwt. Stern gun (10)
Machinery: Blair & Co. Ltd. Stockton (10)
Owner: Gascony SS Co. Ltd., London (2)
Former owner: Constantine & Pickering SS Co. Ltd. (1904-1916) (9)
Master: J F Anderson (2)
Crew: 32 (2)
Crew Lost: 32 (2)
Construction: p.deck 31ft; b.deck 166ft; f.castle 36ft; 1 x deck; machinery by Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

Additional sources:
LR 1917-18 No.372(H)
PRO Kew Adm.137/2963

<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> Tennant, A J, 1990, British Merchant Ships Sunk by U boats in the 1914-1918 War, p228 (Monograph). SWX4539.

<4> United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1992, Hydrographic Office wreck index (Index). SWX4837.

<5> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p179 (Index). SWX4540.

<6> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p70 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<7> Dorset shipwrecks : a comprehensive guide to the shipwrecks of Purbeck and Poole Bay, p117 (Monograph). SWX6752.

<8> 2001, Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty (Index). SWX4542.

<9> Miramar Ship Index www.miramarshipindex.org.nz, Accessed 06-MAR-2017 (Digital archive). SDO20161.

<10> Wendes, D, 2006, South Coast Shipwrecks off East Dorset & Wight 1870 - 1979, 106-107 (Monograph). SDO10496.

<11> https://uboat.net, Accessed 06-MAR-2017 (Digital archive). SDO20542.

<12> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/0933 (Unpublished document). SWX372.

<13> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 30 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<14> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1148912 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 3 2024 2:13PM