CHATEAU YQUEM

Lost 30 June 1917
Approx. depth 48 metres
Position 50 29.11N 02 58.97W View on map
SteamshipWorld War 1
chateux-yeams-bell
Bell recovered from the wreck in the 1980’s
CHATEAU YQUEM 1
Oil box from wreck
CHATEAU YQUEM 2
Tile from wreck

Steamship – [48M] Captain Kerien. (LARN) & (Clarke: GPS; 50 29.11N; 02 58.97W) –  Refs. Allied, Neutral & Central Merchant Shipping Losses WW1: p16; LCWLR: WW1, p151 & Lloyd’s Register: 1916-17 No.771(C).

Chateau Yquem SS was on passage from Dunkirk to Barry in ballast, when torpedoed by UB-40 on the 30th June 1917.