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Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives
Posted by: Ron Young ()
Date: June 10, 2009 05:11PM

Hi Jim

Just some details about the ship:

The BRAY HEAD was a steel-hulled 3,150-ton steam schooner-rigged cargo ship that was completed by C. S. Swan & Hunter at Wallsend-on-Tyne, Newcastle as Yard No.187 in March 1894; she was launched as the INDRALEMA (Official No.102133) on 23 December 1893 for Indralema S.S. Co., Ltd., Liverpool, where she was registered, with T. B. Royden the manager. She measured: 330ft length, 41ft 5in beam and 25ft 1in draught. The single screw was powered by a 264nhp 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that gave 10.5-knots. The cylinders measured: 24in, 38in & 64in with a 42in stroke and she had water ballast. She also had one deck and five bulkheads.
Captain G. Harwood was the first master up to 1900.
In 1900 she was renamed BRAY HEAD by Ulster SS. Co., Ltd, Belfast with G. Heyn & Sons the managers.

She was captured, shelled and sunk by U 44, on 14 March 1917, 375 miles NW by W of the Fastnet (52.04N-18.50W), while voyaging from Canada to Belfast, with general cargo

Cheers Ron

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records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/09/2009 04:38PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/09/2009 08:17PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/10/2009 08:27AM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Michael Lowrey 06/10/2009 02:25AM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/10/2009 08:31AM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/10/2009 01:17PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/10/2009 01:27PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/10/2009 03:10PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/10/2009 03:14PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/10/2009 05:11PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/11/2009 12:58PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives ph0ebus 06/10/2009 06:59PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/10/2009 08:17PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives ph0ebus 06/10/2009 10:04PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/11/2009 12:39PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Michael Lowrey 06/22/2009 08:34PM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Jim Hamilton 06/23/2009 08:16AM
Re: records of ships sunk by U boats in WW1in German archives Ron Young 06/23/2009 01:47PM
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