| 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 MOSS ROSE was the first of five small sailing vessels to be attacked and sunk that day off North Cornwall, followed by the MARY SEYMOUR (906458), 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 1888, the MOSS ROSE was a sailing vessel. |
More information : Primary Sources:
MOSS ROSE, 3-masted schooner, registered to Chester in Lloyd's Register 1889-90, 108.5ft x 23ft x 11.2ft. (5)
10-SEP-1917: MOSS ROSE, British schooner of 161 tons, sunk by submarine about 7 miles NNE of Pendeen lighthouse. (3)
Secondary Sources:
The first of four sailing schooners to be sunk in the same area. This vessel first sighted the periscope of a submarine about 1,000 yards off, and after 15 minutes a German U-Boat rose to the surface and fired eight shells into her hull, causing her to sink. The crew got away safely in their own boat, and, after being questioned by the enemy captain, were allowed to proceed. They later rowed to the schooner MARY of Glasgow, were transferred to the Padstow lifeboat, and landed at Penzance. The ship's confidential papers and codes were sunk by the master. (1)(4)
10-SEP-1917: Stopped and sunk 7 miles NNE of Pendeen Lighthouse, or position 50 16N 005 39W, en route from Ellesmere Port for Cherbourg with coal.
Built: 1888 (1)(4)(5)(6)
Builder: Barr and Shearer (1)(4)(5)(6)
Where Built: Ardrossan (1)(4)(5)(6)
Official No.: 88708 (5)
Master: T Peers (1)(4)
Owner: T Coppack and Co. (1)(4)(5)(6), Chester (6)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
NII.1917(ADM.137) |