Maritime record MWX1993 - Barmston (Martha Sauber)

Norwegian cargo vessel, Cargo: Coal. 21 March 1918.

Ex. MARTHA SAUBER; ex. BARMSTOM. Position of loss stated as Tar Rocks; no further details of the loss given. (1)(3) Built in 1888 by S P Austin and Sons, Sunderland , the Barmston was screw driven and powered by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine. She was owned by Akties Barmston and her Master was A Andersen. She had a crew of twenty. Construction: pdeck 27ft; qdeck 68ft; bdeck 48ft; fcastle 31ft Machinery: G Clark, Sunderland. Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR 1917 18 No 201(B). Position 50 32.74N 2 27.30W taken from (8) Wreck site and archaeological remains: Located in 50 32.74N; 002 27.30W. Today the wreck lies 20 yards or so to the south of the wreck of the JAMES FENNELL. She consists mostly of a mass of flattened steel plates, although her keel, propeller shaft and forward end (standing 4m high) are quite readily identified. (5) Wreck event and documentary evidence: 21-MAR-1918: BARMSTON, 1451 tons, beached near Portland Point. (4) Dimensions: 249.8 x 35.5 x 16 feet, 1451 tons gross, 863 net. Built as BARMSTON for the Marquess of Londonderry (S J Ditchfield); sold on to Sauber Gebr., Hamburg, in 1897, when she was renamed MARTHA SAUBER; in 1910 she was sold to D/S A/S Barmston (O A T Skjelbreds Rederi), Kristiansand, reverting back to her original name. 21-MAR-1918: stranded on the west side of Portland near Blacknor, en route from Swansea for Rouen, and became a wreck. (5) BARMSTON, 1465 tons, renamed MARTHA SAUBER in 1897, and reverted back to BARMSTON in 1909. 21-MAR-1918: Wrecked on the west side of Portland near Blacknor. (6) Identified as a collier from her original owner, who was one of the largest colliery owners in the North-East, and her cargo when lost. (7) NB: The spelling BARMSTOM in (3) appears as a result of a misreading of source (4), in which the final "N" is unclear as a result of a build-up of ink on the typing key. NB: Not included in the www.skipet.no/1918.pdf list. Built: 1888 (1)(3)(5)(6) Builder: S P Austin and Sons (1)(3); S P Austin & Sons Ltd. (5); Austin (6) Where Built: Sunderland (1)(3)(5); Wear Dock (6) HP: 171 (1)(3); 150 (5) Boilers: 2 (1)(3) Construction: poop-deck 27ft; quarter-deck 68ft; bridge-deck 48ft; forecastle 31ft (1)(3) Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine (1)(3)(5) Machinery: G Clark, Sunderland (1)(3) Official Number: 95274 (6) Master: A Andersen (1)(3); G A Haaversen (5) Crew: 20 (1)(3) Owner: Akties Barmston (1)(3); D/S A/S Barmston (O A T Skjelbreds Rederi), Kristiansand (5) Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: LR.1917-18 No.201(B)

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