NORTHVILLE

Lost 17 February 1918
Approx. depth 42 metres
Position 50 24.45N 03 24.63W View on map

Norwegian Steam Collier [42M] – (Clarke: GPS; 50 24.45N; 03 24.63W) Torpedoed by German Submarine UB-33, Oberleutnant F. Gregor. All the crew were saved by the Tug DENCODE and landed at Brixham. Bell recovered 1992. Coal salvaged by barge GENMAR in 1986. Refs. LARN South Devon 1918; British Merchant Ships sunk by U-Boats: WW1, p59; British Vessels Lost at Sea: WW1, p81; Dive South Cornwall: p72 & LCWLR: WW1, p201 (Lloyd’s Register: ref. missing) Mainly Devon but accessible from Weymouth/Portland.