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

HP

Screws

124178

Napier & Miller

Clyde

Dunsmuir & Jackson

Govan

Triple Expansion Steam

116 NHP

1

Master

From

To

M Ritch

10/1917

1918

W Jones

1918

5/1918

Torpedoed & sunk

King Line Steamship Co
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