Maritime record MWX2415 - Dagmar ( Leonora)

English Collier, bombed 1941.

The DAGMAR was carrying 1200 tons of coal. Sunk in position 50 35.00N 001 48.00W. Survey History (1): 30-SEP-1980: Swept clear at 16.3, foul at 16.6m. Least echosounder depth 17.5 in general depth 23m. No scour. Lying 080/260 degs. 50 to 60m long, 15m breadth, approximately. 22-SEP-1981: Wreck of about 500 tons gross. Approximately 200 feet long. Stern boiler and bows standing - about 15 feet high. No cargo. Remains of trawl on bow. 19-JUL-1983: Lies 060/240 degs, bows east, upright - central part collapsed except for boiler which stands 18 feet high. Bow stands 20 feet high - fallen back on wreckage and pointing upwards. Stern also 20 feet high. 05-OCT-1983: Identified as the DAGMAR. Purchased from DOT by St Mary Marine of Parkstone, Poole, in Aug 1983. (1) Ex IMPERATOR NICOLA II; ex IRKUTSK An armed merchant ship, this steamer was sunk by German air attack SW of the Needles. Of her crew of 16 and 2 DEMS gunners, a total of 3 men were lost. (2)(5) Source (5) contains the voyage and tonnage details of the DAGMAR I, sunk in 35.42N 14.38W on 09-FEB-1941 and included erroneously in Dorset (AJ); the alternative names may also belong to the DAGMAR I rather than the DAGMAR. The position of loss given for the DAGMAR I in that record, 5 miles SSE of St. Albans Head, in fact belongs to the DAGMAR. Lost 9 miles SW of the Needles. (5) A compass bowl, 2 gauges, 2 portholes and a lead sounding weight recovered from this wreck, 7.75 miles from St Albans Head. (Droit A/931).(7) 3 portholes recovered from this wreck, position 50 28N 002 01W. (Droit A/3823).(7) Additional source: LR 1939 40 No 22979(D) Built: 1903 Builder: R Stephenson andamp; Co. Ltd. Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Boilers: 2 HP: 241 Crew: 16 Crew Lost: 2 (3); 3 (5) Passengers: 2 (5); 3 (3) Owner: G Nisbet, M O Shipping, Glasgow The Dagmar, previously the Leonora, was built in 1922 (sic) and at the outbreak of war was requisitioned and well armed by the government. This collier, measuring 844 gross tons and measuring 213ft long with a beam of 31ft, was fully loaded with Welsh coal en route to Poole. On the 9th June 1941, the Luftwaffe raked her with machine gun fire and then dropped bombs into her bunkers - within an hour she had sunk. (10) Position 50 28N 2 01.85W taken from (10)

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