Princess Dagmar

HKNQ

Torpedoed & Sunk - May 1918

Princess Dagmar was a British Cargo Steamer of 913 grt and was defensively-armed.

She was built by Napier & Miller, Old Kilpatrick in 1907and was powered by a steam triple expansion engine which gave 8.5 knots.

On the 7th May 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk without warning in the Bristol Channel by German submarine U-54 when on passage from Swansea for France with a cargo of coal.

24 lives lost including Master.

Master

From

To

M Ritch

10/1917

1918

W Jones

1918

5/1918

Torpedoed & sunk

   Crew List

Career Summary

1917 Managed by Philipps Philipps

1918 Torpedoed and sunk in Bristol Channel

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Princess Dagmar

1907

968

124178

Napier & Miller

Clyde

Dunsmuir & Jackson

Govan

Triple Expansion Steam

116 NHP

1

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