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Re: UB-78 and POLLEON
Posted by:
Ron Young
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Date: September 26, 2013 02:13PM
POLLEON, ex LEONORA
Date of loss: 22 March 1918
Depth: 39m
Reference: 55 01’.683 N 001 18’.968 W
Location: 3.10-n.miles ENE of South Shields lighthouse
The POLLEON (Official No.140433) was a steel-hulled 1,155-ton British steam cargo ship that measured: 70.1m in length, an 8.83m-beam and a 4.78m-draught. Wilton’s Engineering & Slipway Co., at Rotterdam in the Netherlands built and completed her as Yard No.269 in August 1915; she was launched as the LEONORA on June 14th 1915 for N.V. Stoomvaart Mij. Leonora in Rotterdam, Nederland; Jos. de Poorter was the manager. The single steel propeller was powered by a 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that used one boiler.
LEONORA was captured in the North Sea by the newly built ‘Yarrow’ class destroyer HMS SYBILLE on August 16th 1917, while on a voyage from Rotterdam to Stockholm with coal; she was taken into Harwich and condemned by a prize court.
In 1917, she was renamed POLLEON when taken over by The Shipping Controller, London; Everett & Newbigin was appointed as the Crown nominee manager.
Final voyage:
On March 22nd 1918, the Kaiserliche Deutsche submarine SM UB 78, which was submerged and commanded by Oblt.z.S. Arthur Stoßberg, torpedoed the POLLEON; the steamer was on passage from Blyth for the Tyne with a cargo of coal. No prior warning was given of the attack and the POLLEON foundered with the loss with four of her crew, 3-miles ENE from the Tyne entrance. The four crewmen that died were:
Amans, Gustav Albion 49yrs, Able Seaman
Anderson, Carl Erik 56yrs, Able Seaman
Kasaki, Y. 25yrs, Able Seaman
Larsen, Kudvig Mattias 57yrs, Able Seaman
BVLS 1914-18 Page 84 - LCWLR 1914-18 Page 208 - CWGC - The Cross of Sacrifice Vol-V
Wreck-site:
The wreck believed to be the POLLEON, is orientated in a SSE to NNW (155/335-degrees) direction. It lies on a seabed of mud, sand and black shells, in a general depth of 39m, on the lowest astronomical tide. The wreck is upright, broken and rather decayed and covers an area of 60m in length by 25m across. It stands just over 5m high, with some of the superstructure visible, which is covered in soft corals. Quite a number large cod and pollack have been observed, so the wreck should make an interesting boat-angling venue.
Cheers Ron
Date of loss: 22 March 1918
Depth: 39m
Reference: 55 01’.683 N 001 18’.968 W
Location: 3.10-n.miles ENE of South Shields lighthouse
The POLLEON (Official No.140433) was a steel-hulled 1,155-ton British steam cargo ship that measured: 70.1m in length, an 8.83m-beam and a 4.78m-draught. Wilton’s Engineering & Slipway Co., at Rotterdam in the Netherlands built and completed her as Yard No.269 in August 1915; she was launched as the LEONORA on June 14th 1915 for N.V. Stoomvaart Mij. Leonora in Rotterdam, Nederland; Jos. de Poorter was the manager. The single steel propeller was powered by a 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that used one boiler.
LEONORA was captured in the North Sea by the newly built ‘Yarrow’ class destroyer HMS SYBILLE on August 16th 1917, while on a voyage from Rotterdam to Stockholm with coal; she was taken into Harwich and condemned by a prize court.
In 1917, she was renamed POLLEON when taken over by The Shipping Controller, London; Everett & Newbigin was appointed as the Crown nominee manager.
Final voyage:
On March 22nd 1918, the Kaiserliche Deutsche submarine SM UB 78, which was submerged and commanded by Oblt.z.S. Arthur Stoßberg, torpedoed the POLLEON; the steamer was on passage from Blyth for the Tyne with a cargo of coal. No prior warning was given of the attack and the POLLEON foundered with the loss with four of her crew, 3-miles ENE from the Tyne entrance. The four crewmen that died were:
Amans, Gustav Albion 49yrs, Able Seaman
Anderson, Carl Erik 56yrs, Able Seaman
Kasaki, Y. 25yrs, Able Seaman
Larsen, Kudvig Mattias 57yrs, Able Seaman
BVLS 1914-18 Page 84 - LCWLR 1914-18 Page 208 - CWGC - The Cross of Sacrifice Vol-V
Wreck-site:
The wreck believed to be the POLLEON, is orientated in a SSE to NNW (155/335-degrees) direction. It lies on a seabed of mud, sand and black shells, in a general depth of 39m, on the lowest astronomical tide. The wreck is upright, broken and rather decayed and covers an area of 60m in length by 25m across. It stands just over 5m high, with some of the superstructure visible, which is covered in soft corals. Quite a number large cod and pollack have been observed, so the wreck should make an interesting boat-angling venue.
Cheers Ron
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