CHORLEY

Lost 22 March 1917
Approx. depth 61 metres
Position 50 19.069N 03 03.47.5W View on map
chorley-bell
Bell recovered from the wreck of the Chorley early 2000’s

CHORLEY 1

Steamship – Cargo Ammunition. [61M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 19.069N; 03 03.47.5W) – Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-48. The crew were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed at Weymouth. Refs. LARN South Devon 1917; Lloyd’s Register: 1915-16 No9. 957(C); LCWLR: WW1, p107; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p38 & British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1.