SS "Gartness"
World War I:
The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east south east of Malta (34°52′N 18°14′E) by SM U-40 with the loss of 13 of her crew.
© Allen Tony † 20/01/2010:
" GARTNESS SS was a British cargo steamer of 2,422grt ......
On the 19th August 1917 she was torpedoed by submarine k.u.k U-40 and sunk when 180 miles SExE3/4E of Malta and on route from Ergasteria for Middlebrough with a cargo of manganese ore, lead and arsenic."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138824
World War I:
The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east south east of Malta (34°52′N 18°14′E) by SM U-40 with the loss of 13 of her crew.
© Allen Tony † 20/01/2010:
" GARTNESS SS was a British cargo steamer of 2,422grt ......
On the 19th August 1917 she was torpedoed by submarine k.u.k U-40 and sunk when 180 miles SExE3/4E of Malta and on route from Ergasteria for Middlebrough with a cargo of manganese ore, lead and arsenic."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138824
SS "Gartness"
World War I:
The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east south east of Malta (34°52′N 18°14′E) by SM U-40 with the loss of 13 of her crew.
© Allen Tony † 20/01/2010:
" GARTNESS SS was a British cargo steamer of 2,422grt ......
On the 19th August 1917 she was torpedoed by submarine k.u.k U-40 and sunk when 180 miles SExE3/4E of Malta and on route from Ergasteria for Middlebrough with a cargo of manganese ore, lead and arsenic."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138824
World War I:
The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east south east of Malta (34°52′N 18°14′E) by SM U-40 with the loss of 13 of her crew.
© Allen Tony † 20/01/2010:
" GARTNESS SS was a British cargo steamer of 2,422grt ......
On the 19th August 1917 she was torpedoed by submarine k.u.k U-40 and sunk when 180 miles SExE3/4E of Malta and on route from Ergasteria for Middlebrough with a cargo of manganese ore, lead and arsenic."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138824
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