Maritime record MWX1732 - Remindo
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Summary
British trawler, 1918
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
02-FEB-1918: REMINDO, lost with three officers and sixteen naval ratings, cause unknown. (1)
02-FEB-1918: REMINDO, hired 1917, sunk off Portland, cause unknown.(2)
Not included in Lloyd's War Losses for the First World War. (4)
Wreck is upright and fairly intact (5)
Position 5026.17 N 2 43.64W taken from (5)
02-FEB-1918: Attributed to UC-79, Werner Lowe, torpedoed in the Seine Estuary with 20 casualties, attribution based on Arno Spindler, Der Krieg zur See, Part 3, Vol. 5, 1918 (1966), and regarded as suspect. <7>
02-FEB-1918: REMINDO, 258 tons, torpedoed by UC-79 off Portland, with the loss of 20 lives. <6>
02-FEB-1918: 20 crew lost in HMT REMINDO. <8>
Built: 1917 (1)(5); hired 1917 (2)
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell (6)
Where Built: Beverley (7)
Machinery: C D Holmes & Co. Ltd., Hull (8)
Propulsion:Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine (2)
Boilers: 1 (2)
Official No.: 139957 (8)
Fishing No.: GY 1089 (8)
Master: George Howard (6)
Crew Lost: 19 (2); 20 (4)(6)(6)
Owner: Admiralty (on hire); built for George F Sleight, Grimsby (3)(8)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: ADM LL APV 1919 p9
Additional source: ADM LL APV 1919 p9
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SWX4541 Monograph: 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.
- <2> SWX4848 Monograph: Ships of the Royal Navy (Vol 2). Vol 2. p184.
- <3> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 964.
- <4> SWX4540 Index: 1990. Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918.
- <5> SWX1 Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1999. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition). 3rd Edition. 55 (p55).
- <6> SDO20161 Digital archive: Miramar Ship Index www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. accessed on 07-MAR-2019.
- <7> SDO20542 Digital archive: https://uboat.net. accessed on 07-MAR-2019.
- <8> SDO20543 Digital archive: https://www.cwgc.org. accessed on 07-MAR-2019.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1234062.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 4845 5985 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY45NE |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0286
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 66 NE 162
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1234062
Record last edited
Feb 29 2024 1:21PM