SS Denebola explained

-- commercial vessels --> Ship Name: Denebola Ship Owner: Everett & Newbigin Ship Builder: Neptun Werft AG Ship Laid Down: 1899 Ship Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by, 17 August 1918 Ship Power: 133 nhp Ship Propulsion: Triple-expansion steam engine

SS Denebola was a cargo steam ship built by Neptun Werft of Rostock, Germany, in 1899 and powered by a triple-expansion steam engine of 133 nhp.^[1] She carried a crew of 21.

Ownership

• Holm & Molzen of Flensburg^[2]
• Everett & Newbegin of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Incidents

On 30 October 1913, she collided with SS Kinneil west of the Scaw; Kinneil subsequently foundered.^[3]

Fate

Denebola was torpedoed by German submarine on 17 August 1918 while en route from Swansea bound for Rouen. While passing N by W from Gurnard Head near St Ives, Cornwall she was struck by two torpedoes which hit near number two and three holds, causing her to sink rapidly. The crew took to a boat and a raft and were later picked up by a patrol vessel. The second engineer and one able seaman were lost.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SS Denebola [+1918]]. Wreck Site. 13 March 2014.
2. Web site: DE Neptun. Oceania. 13 March 2014.
3. Web site: Telefon SS (1900~1911). Wreck Site. 12 March 2014.
4. Book: British Merchant Shipping Losses WW1. HMSO.