Boldwell

HSDT

Torpedoed & Sunk - May 1917

Boldwell was a 3,056 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1901 by Nederlandsche SB of Amsterdam for Franco-Ottoman Sailing Co. Ltd. as Voorburg.

By 1917 she had been renamed Boldwell and was owned by Byron Steamship Co. Ltd.

She was sunk on 27 May 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-20 at position 36° 12' N, 13° 24' E - approximately 35 nautical miles North-East of Linosa Island.

She was en route from the Tyne to Alexandria with a cargo of coal.

Master

From

To

M Ritch

1/1917

5/1917

Torpedoed & sunk

   Crew List

Career Summary

1917 Believed to have been chartered by Philipps, Philipps

1917 Torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Boldwell

1901

3118

129172

Nederlandse Scheepbouw

Amsterdam

Nederlandse Scheepbouw

Amsterdam

Triple Expansion Steam

389 NHP

1

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