SS Maine
Appearance
History | |
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Launched | 1905 |
Fate | Sunk 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamship |
Tonnage | 3600 tons |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
SS Maine was a British steamship launched in 1905 as a 3600-ton cargo steamer with a triple-expansion engine. She was torpedoed and sunk on 21 November 1917 by UC-17, about 10 miles (16 km) off Dartmouth. She sank "gracefully, upright and on an even keel"[citation needed] and sits on shingle 36 metres (118 ft) at 50°12.750′N 3°50.955′W / 50.212500°N 3.849250°W.
The Torbay British Sub-Aqua Club bought the wreck for £100 in 1962 and salvaged the bronze propeller, selling it for £800.