Name Denebola Laid down 1899 Beam 11 metres (36 ft) Construction started 1899 | Builder Neptun Werft AG Tonnage 1,481 GRT Length 73 m Owner Holm & Molzen | |
Fate torpedoed 17 August 1918 | ||
Ss denebola at northeast ship repair drydock
SS Denebola was a 1,481 GRT cargo steam ship built by Neptun Werft of Rostock, Germany in 1899 and powered by a triple expansion steam engine of 133 nhp. She carried a crew of twenty one.
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Ownership
Incidents
On 30 October 1913, she collided with SS Kinneil 75 miles (121 km) west of the Scaw; Kinneil subsequently foundered.
Fate
Denebola was torpedoed by German submarine UB-86 on 17 August 1918 while en route from Swansea bound for Rouen. While passing 2 miles (3.2 km) 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.
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