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.

Princess Dagmar Left Swansea For France Lost 7 May 1918		Fate
Master	W Jones	Lost
Chief Officer	A McMillan	Lost
Second Officer	P E Killey	Lost
Chief Engineer	T Hughes	Lost
Second Engineer	J J Souter	Lost
Third Engineer	H Q Sayle	Lost
Able Seamen	T J Bishop T J Cubbon D A Meredith T A Moore J H Watterson	All Lost
Seamen	C Johnson R Mayhew	Both Lost
Winchman	W Kemp	Lost
Lamps	N MacInnes	Lost
Donkeyman	J W Murray	Lost
Greasers	W Angus	Lost
Firemen	V Johnson D M Tanner	Lost
Cook	J G Hansen	Lost
Steward	W C Stove	Lost
Cook’s Boy	H Hayton	Lost

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Princess Dagmar

1907

1917 Managed by Philipps Philipps

1918 Torpedoed and sunk in Bristol Channel

968

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

124178

Napier & Miller

Clyde

Dunsmuir & Jackson

Govan

Triple Expansion Steam

116 NHP

Master

From

M Ritch

10/1917

1918

W Jones

1918

5/1918

Torpedoed & sunk