| Summary : 1917 wreck of English schooner which foundered 7 miles NNE of Pendeen Lighthouse, after being shelled by gunfire from UC-51 while bound from Ellesmere Port for Cherbourg with coal. The MARY SEYMOUR was the second of five small sailing vessels to be attacked and sunk that day off North Cornwall, following the sinking of the MOSS ROSE (906461), and followed in turn by the MARY ORR (1109064), WATER LILY (1109048), and JANE WILLIAMSON (906459). UC-51 would herself be lost in November 1917 but there are variant reports of her last resting place (929128 account of wreck event; 832137 possible remains).Constructed of wood in 1865 with felt and yellow metal and part iron bolts, the MARY SEYMOUR was a sailing vessel. |
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MARY SEYMOUR, constructed with felt and yellow metal in 1865, part iron bolts, and registered to Padstow in Lloyd's Register 1866-7. Dimensions 97ft x 23ft 2in x 11ft 6in. (5)
10-SEP-1917: The second of four sailing schooners all attacked and sunk by the same unidentified German submarine at more or less the same time and place. The first was the MOSS ROSE, followed by the MARY SEYMOUR which was attacked at 11.15am and sunk by gunfire. Her crew were picked up from their own boat by the schooner MARY, transferred to the Padstow lifeboat and landed at Penzance. (1)(4)
10-SEP-1917: MARY SEYMOUR, stopped and sunk by UC-51 7 miles N x E of Pendeen Lighthouse, or 50 16N 005 39W, while bound from Ellesmere Port for Cherbourg with coal. (6)
Built: 1865 (1)(4)(5))6)
Builder: John Tredwen (1)(4)(5)(6)
Where Built: Padstow (1)(4)(5)(6)
Master: W Crocker (1)(4)
Crew: 5 (1)(4)
Owner: B M Harvey (1)(4)(6), Plymouth (6)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British IslesL
NII.1917(ADM.137); LR.1917-18 No.314(M) |