S.S. Princess Caroline
SS Princess Caroline †13/08/1915
Displacement: 888 grt.
Length: 72.3 m. Beam: 10.1 m. Draught: 4.9 m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine single shaft, 1 screw
Complement: 19 officers and men.
Men Lost: 4
Armament: unknown
Displacement: 888 grt.
Length: 72.3 m. Beam: 10.1 m. Draught: 4.9 m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine single shaft, 1 screw
Complement: 19 officers and men.
Men Lost: 4
Armament: unknown
The steel steamship SS Prince Caroline built in 1910 by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Lilybank Foundry), Dundee for Langlands M. & Sons, Liverpool.
Launch
Dundee Courier - Wednesday 15 December 1909
PRINCESS LINER LAUNCHED AT DUNDEE.
The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd., yesterday launched from their yard a steel screw steamer for the Line to the order of Messrs M. Langlands & Sons, of Glasgow and Liverpool. Her dimensions are as follows:-Length overall, 245 feet; breadth moulded, 33 feet: depth moulded, 16 feet 6 inches: gross tonnage, 1050, with long poop and bridge combined and topgallant forecastle.
The vessel has been built to the highest place of the British Corporation Registry and to the Board of Trade requirements for pas senger certificate. She has been specially de signed for the rapid handling of cargo, being fitted with large hatches and steam winches at each hatch. The holds have been specially designed for carrying goods of large bulk; the entire ship being built without pillar of any description. She has also a steam windlass, steam and hand steering gear, and a complete installation of electric light. The captain and officers are berthed amidships, while the crow have ample accommodation on the topgallant forecastle, The engines, which have been constructed at the Caledon Company's Lilybank Engine Works, are of the triple expansion type, with cylinders 30 inches, 32 inches, and 52 inches, with a stroke of 36 inches, while, steam is supplied by two large steel boilers supplying steam at a pressure of 180 lbs. per square inch.
The vessel and her machinery have been superintended during her construction by Mr. Alexander Bowie, the owners superintendent. On leaving the ways the vessel was christened the Princes Caroline.
PRINCESS LINER LAUNCHED AT DUNDEE.
The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd., yesterday launched from their yard a steel screw steamer for the Line to the order of Messrs M. Langlands & Sons, of Glasgow and Liverpool. Her dimensions are as follows:-Length overall, 245 feet; breadth moulded, 33 feet: depth moulded, 16 feet 6 inches: gross tonnage, 1050, with long poop and bridge combined and topgallant forecastle.
The vessel has been built to the highest place of the British Corporation Registry and to the Board of Trade requirements for pas senger certificate. She has been specially de signed for the rapid handling of cargo, being fitted with large hatches and steam winches at each hatch. The holds have been specially designed for carrying goods of large bulk; the entire ship being built without pillar of any description. She has also a steam windlass, steam and hand steering gear, and a complete installation of electric light. The captain and officers are berthed amidships, while the crow have ample accommodation on the topgallant forecastle, The engines, which have been constructed at the Caledon Company's Lilybank Engine Works, are of the triple expansion type, with cylinders 30 inches, 32 inches, and 52 inches, with a stroke of 36 inches, while, steam is supplied by two large steel boilers supplying steam at a pressure of 180 lbs. per square inch.
The vessel and her machinery have been superintended during her construction by Mr. Alexander Bowie, the owners superintendent. On leaving the ways the vessel was christened the Princes Caroline.
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 15 December 1909
What has happened to our shipbuilders and shipowners that has led to the launching of a first-class passenger steamer without a christening ceremonial? Can it be that recent out- bursts against ceremonial in Dundee have had the effect of intimidating our shipping folks? Not since the days when wooden vessels were built and launched from the shipbuilding yards on the south side of the Dundee Seagate has a vessel been launched without the time-honoured christening ceremonial.
Now, however, the Caledon Company has broken the record by launching the Princess Caroline into the Tay just as if they were delivering a log of wood. Seafaring folks will shake their heads over this innovation, and, though we shall all wish the new Princess liner a long series of prosperous trips, it will be with the reservation that if trouble befalls the Princess Caroline we will be in a position to say "I told you so." The Harbour Trustees will no doubt see to it that tradition is adhered to when the new Fifie is launched.
What has happened to our shipbuilders and shipowners that has led to the launching of a first-class passenger steamer without a christening ceremonial? Can it be that recent out- bursts against ceremonial in Dundee have had the effect of intimidating our shipping folks? Not since the days when wooden vessels were built and launched from the shipbuilding yards on the south side of the Dundee Seagate has a vessel been launched without the time-honoured christening ceremonial.
Now, however, the Caledon Company has broken the record by launching the Princess Caroline into the Tay just as if they were delivering a log of wood. Seafaring folks will shake their heads over this innovation, and, though we shall all wish the new Princess liner a long series of prosperous trips, it will be with the reservation that if trouble befalls the Princess Caroline we will be in a position to say "I told you so." The Harbour Trustees will no doubt see to it that tradition is adhered to when the new Fifie is launched.
History
House Flag. Langlands M. & Sons, Liverpool
Dundee Courier - Friday 11 February 1910
NEW PRINCESS LINER AT DUNDEE-The new Langlands steamer Princess Caroline will to-day undertake her maiden voyage. She arrived at the Western Wharf yesterday after adjusting compasses, and in the after- noon the operations of loading a general cargo for Aberdeen were commenced. The Princess Caroline was built by the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, and is splendidly designed and fitted out for the extensive coasting trade of M. Langlands & Sons. She will be commanded by Captain M'Kenzie, of the Princess Patricia. The Princess Olga was berthed yesterday in Victoria Dock, where she will lie for a short period.
NEW PRINCESS LINER AT DUNDEE-The new Langlands steamer Princess Caroline will to-day undertake her maiden voyage. She arrived at the Western Wharf yesterday after adjusting compasses, and in the after- noon the operations of loading a general cargo for Aberdeen were commenced. The Princess Caroline was built by the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, and is splendidly designed and fitted out for the extensive coasting trade of M. Langlands & Sons. She will be commanded by Captain M'Kenzie, of the Princess Patricia. The Princess Olga was berthed yesterday in Victoria Dock, where she will lie for a short period.
Dundee Courier - Thursday 03 July 1913
GOODS ENTERED TO CUSTOMHOUSE, DUNDEE, YESTERDAY.
Imports Coastwise.
Princess Caroline (s), Taylor, Liverpool, general—,M Langlands . & Sons, agents.
GOODS ENTERED TO CUSTOMHOUSE, DUNDEE, YESTERDAY.
Imports Coastwise.
Princess Caroline (s), Taylor, Liverpool, general—,M Langlands . & Sons, agents.
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 22 March 1915
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ABERDEEN.
Arrivals--
Princess Caroline., - —, Dundee, goods;
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ABERDEEN.
Arrivals--
Princess Caroline., - —, Dundee, goods;
Dundee Courier - Monday 03 May 1915
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Dundee Courier - Monday 26 July 1915
SHIPPING NEWS. ARRIVAL AT ABERDEEN. Princess Caroline (s), Liverpool, goods. Lloyd's List - Thursday 12 August 1915 COASTING MOVEMENTS Liverpool Aug 9 sailed Princess Caroline - Newcastle |
Lloyd's List - Friday 06 August 1915
COASTING MOVEMENTS Liverpool Aug 5 Arrived Princess Caroline - Leith Lloyd's List - Thursday 12 August 1915 TORR HEAD psd north Aug 10 Princess Caroline (Br) |
Lloyds Register of Shipping 1916
The Loss
Lloyds War Losses World War One
On Route from Liverpool for Aberdeen with 900 tons of general cargo, SS Princess Caroline was stopped at 1800hrs by a Royal Naval patrol boat and instructed “to steam three miles to the east to avoid a newly laid German minefield” At 21.20 a mine detonated aft under No.4 hold. The steamship sank 3 minutes later about ''14 miles N by E½E of Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh'' with the loss of four crew.
The survivors rowed to shore in the lifeboat and landed at the village of Pennan next morning at about 0700hrs.
The survivors rowed to shore in the lifeboat and landed at the village of Pennan next morning at about 0700hrs.
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Manchester Courier - Monday 16 August 1915.
SUBMARINED CREWS' LOSSES
The following additions to the Pirates haul of shipping are notified: Glasgow steamer Princess Caroline (888 tons), four lives lost.
Western Mail - Monday 16 August 1915
TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA.
TWO STEAMERS SUNK; FOUR LIVES LOST. Lloyd’s issue the following reports:— The British steamer Princess Caroline has been sunk. Fifteen the crew have been landed, four being lost. [The Princess Caroline was a steamer of 888 tons, built in 1910, and owned Langlands and Sons, Glasgow.] The steamer Cairo, of Glasgow, has been sunk, and the crew have been saved.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Monday 16 August 1915
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
Four Lives Lost. Lloyd's Agency reports the British steamier Princess Caroline owned by Mr. M. R. Langlands, Glasgow, has been sunk. Fifteen of the crew were landed, and four lost. She had a gross tonnage of 888 ton's, was 287 feet in length and was built at Dundee in 1910. The Sunderland trawler Gloria has been sunk. The crew were landed.
Dundee Courier - Monday 16 August 1915
DUNDEE TRADER IS SUNK . and four of crew drowned. Intimation has been received of the sinking of a Dundee trader, the Princess Caroline, owned M. Langlands & Sons, Glasgow. The Princess Caroline is the third vessel belonging to this line to be lost since the commencement of the war. Fifteen of the crew are saved and four lost.
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 16 August 1915
SUBMARINE PIRACY. ANOTHER LANGLANDS LINER SUNK, The Langlands steamer Princess Caroline, which trades with Aberdeen, was sunk on Friday. Of the crew of 21, four were drowned, the remaining 17 survivors being safely landed. The Princess Caroline was one of the smartest of the well-known Langlands line of steel screw steamers, owned by Messrs M. Langlands and Sons, Glasgow. Her gross registered tonnage was 888. She was 257 feet in length by 33 feet in breadth, by 16 feet depth of hold, and was one the best known of the steamers trading regularly between Aberdeen and Liverpool. She was fitted with electric light. Her sister ships, the Princess Victoria and the Princess Olga, it will be remembered, were sunk by pirates.
Linlithgowshire Gazette - Friday 20 August 1915
SUNK BY SUBMARINE. Five more vessels have been sunk by German submarines—the Glasgow steamers Princess Caroline and Cairo, the smack Amethyst, the trawler Gloria, and the Norwegian barque Morna. Four of the crew of Princess Caroline have been lost. Of the crew of the Dundee steamer Jacona, already reported sunk, 31 are reported missing.
Isle of Man Courier - Tuesday 24 August 1915
Manx Sailors Thrilling Experience
Mr. Thomas Hodson, of "Sunny Cot," the Promenade, Castletown, one of the crew of the lost steamer Princess Caroline, arrived home last week. Interviewed by 2 lines" representative, Mr. Hudson said the Princess Caroline, which belonged to the Langland Company of trading steamers left port on Monday, August 9th. Her captain was Mr. Wm. Corlett, now living at Peel, but formerly of Castletown, who is a brother of Mr. John Corlett, of Station Road, Castletown, and Mrs. H. Christian, of Milner Terrace, Castletown.
There were nine Manx men in the crew-himself, the two Wattersons, Harry Crebbin, Taylor young Kinley, Quine, of Peel, and the two firemen, Oates and Kelly. Both the last two came to the Princess Caroline from the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company- Oates was brother to a former mate of the Ben-my-Chree, and Kelly, he thought, was a greaser on the Viking. When the disaster occurred, the first thing they knew was that they felt a crash against the ship's side. They could not tell what happened; they never saw or heard a living creature in connection with with the affair.
They had been warned two- and-a-half hours earlier that there were mines about. Most of the crew were in their bunks at the time. The captain and mate were on the bridge, and three men, including Hudson himself, were on deck. It was a calm night, but overcast. Every- body made for the boats at once. There were two boats, and they were swung out They had not far to lower the boats. It was the quickest bit of work that ever happened, he should think. Seventeen men got in the boats; what be- came of the other four, he never knew, except that he saw Taylor on the deck. Just before the boats were lowered. There was nobody in that part of the vessel, the aft end, where the mine or whatever it was, struck, and he didn't suppose the four missing men would be killed by the explosion. They rowed in the boats for several hours, and at 6-30 or 7 the following morning arrived at a small fishing village. Most of them had scarcely any clothing on them; but the night was warm, and the exertion of rowing kept them in heat. The night continued dark, but when dawn came the day was beautifully fine. The villagers met them on shore. and brought them to an inn and gave them breakfast, and soon afterwards, by an arrangement made through Lloyd's agent.
They were taken by coach to another fishing village, four miles away, then by motor coach, and then, after having had dinner by train to Liverpool. They were in the train all night, and got to Liverpool at six o'clock on Sunday morning. He, the two Wattersons, Oates, and Kelly stayed at a Sailors' Home in the south end of Liverpool, and went to service at night at a Seamen's Mission connected with the place, though their attire was hardly the correct attire for Sunday go-to-meeting purposes. On Monday morning they reported themselves to the owners, and afterwards caught the Manx boat.
All the saved Manxmen, with the exception of the captain came home by that boat. Harry Crebbin was a very popular man, and everybody liked him, and felt awfully sorry that he had gone. Mr. Hudson had also been in another of the lost Langland steamers, the: Princess Olga, which was sunk on March 9th, so he was about getting used to the experience He felt very thankful indeed that he had been so lucky on both occasions.
Mr. John Watterson, of Fistard, near Port St. Mary, told a very similar story. He added that when the vessel was sunk. the boats were ready, swung out, and only needing a belt to be cut before they could be launched. The crew had repeatedly been practicing in lowering the boats, and every man knew what to do, and there was no excitement. He saw Crebbin on deck before they got into the boats, and he was almost positive he saw him go below again - probably to get his clothes, for he was practically naked. He did not see him or any of the other missing men again. They heard cries from the deck, and some of the crew declared it was Taylor but he did not know. The boats sailed round for a quarter of an hour afterwards, hoping to see the four men who were not with them, but it was hopeless.
SUBMARINED CREWS' LOSSES
The following additions to the Pirates haul of shipping are notified: Glasgow steamer Princess Caroline (888 tons), four lives lost.
Western Mail - Monday 16 August 1915
TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA.
TWO STEAMERS SUNK; FOUR LIVES LOST. Lloyd’s issue the following reports:— The British steamer Princess Caroline has been sunk. Fifteen the crew have been landed, four being lost. [The Princess Caroline was a steamer of 888 tons, built in 1910, and owned Langlands and Sons, Glasgow.] The steamer Cairo, of Glasgow, has been sunk, and the crew have been saved.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Monday 16 August 1915
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
Four Lives Lost. Lloyd's Agency reports the British steamier Princess Caroline owned by Mr. M. R. Langlands, Glasgow, has been sunk. Fifteen of the crew were landed, and four lost. She had a gross tonnage of 888 ton's, was 287 feet in length and was built at Dundee in 1910. The Sunderland trawler Gloria has been sunk. The crew were landed.
Dundee Courier - Monday 16 August 1915
DUNDEE TRADER IS SUNK . and four of crew drowned. Intimation has been received of the sinking of a Dundee trader, the Princess Caroline, owned M. Langlands & Sons, Glasgow. The Princess Caroline is the third vessel belonging to this line to be lost since the commencement of the war. Fifteen of the crew are saved and four lost.
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 16 August 1915
SUBMARINE PIRACY. ANOTHER LANGLANDS LINER SUNK, The Langlands steamer Princess Caroline, which trades with Aberdeen, was sunk on Friday. Of the crew of 21, four were drowned, the remaining 17 survivors being safely landed. The Princess Caroline was one of the smartest of the well-known Langlands line of steel screw steamers, owned by Messrs M. Langlands and Sons, Glasgow. Her gross registered tonnage was 888. She was 257 feet in length by 33 feet in breadth, by 16 feet depth of hold, and was one the best known of the steamers trading regularly between Aberdeen and Liverpool. She was fitted with electric light. Her sister ships, the Princess Victoria and the Princess Olga, it will be remembered, were sunk by pirates.
Linlithgowshire Gazette - Friday 20 August 1915
SUNK BY SUBMARINE. Five more vessels have been sunk by German submarines—the Glasgow steamers Princess Caroline and Cairo, the smack Amethyst, the trawler Gloria, and the Norwegian barque Morna. Four of the crew of Princess Caroline have been lost. Of the crew of the Dundee steamer Jacona, already reported sunk, 31 are reported missing.
Isle of Man Courier - Tuesday 24 August 1915
Manx Sailors Thrilling Experience
Mr. Thomas Hodson, of "Sunny Cot," the Promenade, Castletown, one of the crew of the lost steamer Princess Caroline, arrived home last week. Interviewed by 2 lines" representative, Mr. Hudson said the Princess Caroline, which belonged to the Langland Company of trading steamers left port on Monday, August 9th. Her captain was Mr. Wm. Corlett, now living at Peel, but formerly of Castletown, who is a brother of Mr. John Corlett, of Station Road, Castletown, and Mrs. H. Christian, of Milner Terrace, Castletown.
There were nine Manx men in the crew-himself, the two Wattersons, Harry Crebbin, Taylor young Kinley, Quine, of Peel, and the two firemen, Oates and Kelly. Both the last two came to the Princess Caroline from the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company- Oates was brother to a former mate of the Ben-my-Chree, and Kelly, he thought, was a greaser on the Viking. When the disaster occurred, the first thing they knew was that they felt a crash against the ship's side. They could not tell what happened; they never saw or heard a living creature in connection with with the affair.
They had been warned two- and-a-half hours earlier that there were mines about. Most of the crew were in their bunks at the time. The captain and mate were on the bridge, and three men, including Hudson himself, were on deck. It was a calm night, but overcast. Every- body made for the boats at once. There were two boats, and they were swung out They had not far to lower the boats. It was the quickest bit of work that ever happened, he should think. Seventeen men got in the boats; what be- came of the other four, he never knew, except that he saw Taylor on the deck. Just before the boats were lowered. There was nobody in that part of the vessel, the aft end, where the mine or whatever it was, struck, and he didn't suppose the four missing men would be killed by the explosion. They rowed in the boats for several hours, and at 6-30 or 7 the following morning arrived at a small fishing village. Most of them had scarcely any clothing on them; but the night was warm, and the exertion of rowing kept them in heat. The night continued dark, but when dawn came the day was beautifully fine. The villagers met them on shore. and brought them to an inn and gave them breakfast, and soon afterwards, by an arrangement made through Lloyd's agent.
They were taken by coach to another fishing village, four miles away, then by motor coach, and then, after having had dinner by train to Liverpool. They were in the train all night, and got to Liverpool at six o'clock on Sunday morning. He, the two Wattersons, Oates, and Kelly stayed at a Sailors' Home in the south end of Liverpool, and went to service at night at a Seamen's Mission connected with the place, though their attire was hardly the correct attire for Sunday go-to-meeting purposes. On Monday morning they reported themselves to the owners, and afterwards caught the Manx boat.
All the saved Manxmen, with the exception of the captain came home by that boat. Harry Crebbin was a very popular man, and everybody liked him, and felt awfully sorry that he had gone. Mr. Hudson had also been in another of the lost Langland steamers, the: Princess Olga, which was sunk on March 9th, so he was about getting used to the experience He felt very thankful indeed that he had been so lucky on both occasions.
Mr. John Watterson, of Fistard, near Port St. Mary, told a very similar story. He added that when the vessel was sunk. the boats were ready, swung out, and only needing a belt to be cut before they could be launched. The crew had repeatedly been practicing in lowering the boats, and every man knew what to do, and there was no excitement. He saw Crebbin on deck before they got into the boats, and he was almost positive he saw him go below again - probably to get his clothes, for he was practically naked. He did not see him or any of the other missing men again. They heard cries from the deck, and some of the crew declared it was Taylor but he did not know. The boats sailed round for a quarter of an hour afterwards, hoping to see the four men who were not with them, but it was hopeless.
The Wreck
The UKHO created wreck card 2164 for SS Princess Caroline in 1919. The wreck position was given as '' POSN 575445N, 020030W OR 14 MILES N BY E FROM KINNAIRD HEAD.''
The wreck card was updated in 1926 when the ''wreck'' was deleted and replace with non-dangerous wreck symbol.
In 2010 GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155 survey failed to find any wreck in the area and the wreck card was amended to ''DEAD''
The position given for the loss of SS Princess Caroline is about 11 miles SE of the nearest SMS Meteor mine line. This gives three possibilities,
1) The ship hit a floating mine,
2) the ship hit a mine not associated with the SMS Meteor mine lines,
3) the wreck will be found a long way from the previously charted position on one of the mine lines laid by SMS Meteor.
The wreck card was updated in 1926 when the ''wreck'' was deleted and replace with non-dangerous wreck symbol.
In 2010 GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155 survey failed to find any wreck in the area and the wreck card was amended to ''DEAD''
The position given for the loss of SS Princess Caroline is about 11 miles SE of the nearest SMS Meteor mine line. This gives three possibilities,
1) The ship hit a floating mine,
2) the ship hit a mine not associated with the SMS Meteor mine lines,
3) the wreck will be found a long way from the previously charted position on one of the mine lines laid by SMS Meteor.
Chart with mine lines and position from UKHO for sinking position
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Possible Wreck of S.S. Princess Caroline
On the night SS Princess Caroline was lost the eastern extent of the minefield was unknown.
The only known mined area is where HMS Lynx was lost four days previous and the SS Jacona just the day before. By ordering the ship to pass further east of this part of the minefield would still mean it would sail over the first mine line laid by SMS Meteor (see charts below)
It was only five days after the loss of SS Princess Caroline that a minesweeping group attempted to establish the eastern extent of the minefield.
On the 18/08/1915 HMS Lilac stuck a mine at the northern end of the first eastern line of mines. This line run from the NE to the SW and consisted of 44 mines. There is a charted wreck 3 nautical miles SW of the position HMS Lilac reported striking the mine.
The wreck has the Wreck Card number 1175 and is named as SS Osmed, sunk in 1940 by U 14 (Oblt. Herbert Wohlfarth (Knights Cross)) with a torpedo. The charted position is 58°08,831'N 02°07,909'W. This wreck was located by sonar in 1945.
The position given for the attack on SS Osmed in the KTB from U 14 is AN 1853 but this converted to 57°51'00"N, 002°00'00"W which is 18 miles further south than charted wreck 1175. Within 10 minutes of sinking SS Osmed the U 14 then torpedoed and sank the SS Liana. Despite an extensive multibeam survey of this area no 2nd wreck was found. The other charted wreck NE of the charted SS Osmed position is an intact small vessel, most likely a fishing boat.
The survivors from from both Liana and Osmed were, sometime later, picked up from a raft by the British trawler Loch Hope in position 58°07N/02°12W and then landed at Scrabster.
This wreck cannot be SS Osmed and most likely this wreck was given the ID as nearest wreck to where the survivors were rescued.
Owing to its proximity to the mine line wreck 1175 is most likely the SS Princess Caroline.
The only known mined area is where HMS Lynx was lost four days previous and the SS Jacona just the day before. By ordering the ship to pass further east of this part of the minefield would still mean it would sail over the first mine line laid by SMS Meteor (see charts below)
It was only five days after the loss of SS Princess Caroline that a minesweeping group attempted to establish the eastern extent of the minefield.
On the 18/08/1915 HMS Lilac stuck a mine at the northern end of the first eastern line of mines. This line run from the NE to the SW and consisted of 44 mines. There is a charted wreck 3 nautical miles SW of the position HMS Lilac reported striking the mine.
The wreck has the Wreck Card number 1175 and is named as SS Osmed, sunk in 1940 by U 14 (Oblt. Herbert Wohlfarth (Knights Cross)) with a torpedo. The charted position is 58°08,831'N 02°07,909'W. This wreck was located by sonar in 1945.
The position given for the attack on SS Osmed in the KTB from U 14 is AN 1853 but this converted to 57°51'00"N, 002°00'00"W which is 18 miles further south than charted wreck 1175. Within 10 minutes of sinking SS Osmed the U 14 then torpedoed and sank the SS Liana. Despite an extensive multibeam survey of this area no 2nd wreck was found. The other charted wreck NE of the charted SS Osmed position is an intact small vessel, most likely a fishing boat.
The survivors from from both Liana and Osmed were, sometime later, picked up from a raft by the British trawler Loch Hope in position 58°07N/02°12W and then landed at Scrabster.
This wreck cannot be SS Osmed and most likely this wreck was given the ID as nearest wreck to where the survivors were rescued.
Owing to its proximity to the mine line wreck 1175 is most likely the SS Princess Caroline.
Wreck 1175 which could possibly be SS Princess Caroline
Crew Lost †13/08/1915
CREBBIN, HENRY (60), Carpenter, Mercantile Marine, Son of the late Thomas and Margaret Crebbin; husband of Isabella Crebbin (nee Kinley), of Ballafesson, Port Erin, Isle of Man. Born at Rushen, Isle of Man, Remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial
Isle of Man Courier - Tuesday 17 August 1915
MANXMEN ON TORPEDOED VESSELS
TWO MISSING FROM LANGLAND'S BOAT.
The steamer Princess Caroline, of the Langland Line, trading between Liver pool and Glasgow and the eastern coast of Scotland, was sunk on Friday night. Four of her crew of seventeen (two of the Manxmen) are missing.
The Princess Caroline was a vessel! of about 1,300 tons. Her master, Wm. Corlett, of Peel, was a Manxman, and nine others of her crew were Manx, namely, John Watterson, of Fistard, near Port St. Mary: John Watterson, of Cronk Road, Port St. Mary; Henry Crebbin of Ballaferson, near Port Erin; Thomas Taylor, formerly of Surby, near Port Erin: Wm. Kinley, of Bradda, Port Erin; Thomas Hudson, Castletown; Fred. Quine, of Peel: Oates, of Douglas; and Kelly, of Douglas.
Fred Quine, of Peel, had only just joined the Princess Caroline, after being on the Portia, recently sunk by the Pirates
The missing men among this number are Crebbin and Taylor Capt. Corlett had only been in charge of the Princess Caroline on this present trip, taking the place of another Manxman, Mr Edward Taylor, Port St. Mary, who is now home on a short holiday. Another Manxman, Thomas Watterson, brother of John Watteson. Fistard, had just left the vessel.
Henry Crebbin was about 60 years old, and leaves a wife and four children, of whom all but one are grown up, One son, who lives with his mother at home, is a mason; one daughter is a teacher at the Four Roads School, near Port St. Mary; another daughter is a confectioner in the employ of Mr. Ambrose Qualtrough H.K.; and the remaining child, a son, is still going to school. Crebbin was an uncle of Wm. Kinley, who was with him on board the sunken vessel, and a relative by marriage of Capt. Evan Crebbin, of Bradda East, also a master in the employ of the Langland's Company.
Taylor is also an elderly man, and has been twice married, but his present wife does not live in the Island, nor do any of his family.
The Langland Line have already lost two of their vessels, the Princess Victoria and the Princess Olga during the course of the submarine "blockade."
Isle of Man Courier - Tuesday 17 August 1915
MANXMEN ON TORPEDOED VESSELS
TWO MISSING FROM LANGLAND'S BOAT.
The steamer Princess Caroline, of the Langland Line, trading between Liver pool and Glasgow and the eastern coast of Scotland, was sunk on Friday night. Four of her crew of seventeen (two of the Manxmen) are missing.
The Princess Caroline was a vessel! of about 1,300 tons. Her master, Wm. Corlett, of Peel, was a Manxman, and nine others of her crew were Manx, namely, John Watterson, of Fistard, near Port St. Mary: John Watterson, of Cronk Road, Port St. Mary; Henry Crebbin of Ballaferson, near Port Erin; Thomas Taylor, formerly of Surby, near Port Erin: Wm. Kinley, of Bradda, Port Erin; Thomas Hudson, Castletown; Fred. Quine, of Peel: Oates, of Douglas; and Kelly, of Douglas.
Fred Quine, of Peel, had only just joined the Princess Caroline, after being on the Portia, recently sunk by the Pirates
The missing men among this number are Crebbin and Taylor Capt. Corlett had only been in charge of the Princess Caroline on this present trip, taking the place of another Manxman, Mr Edward Taylor, Port St. Mary, who is now home on a short holiday. Another Manxman, Thomas Watterson, brother of John Watteson. Fistard, had just left the vessel.
Henry Crebbin was about 60 years old, and leaves a wife and four children, of whom all but one are grown up, One son, who lives with his mother at home, is a mason; one daughter is a teacher at the Four Roads School, near Port St. Mary; another daughter is a confectioner in the employ of Mr. Ambrose Qualtrough H.K.; and the remaining child, a son, is still going to school. Crebbin was an uncle of Wm. Kinley, who was with him on board the sunken vessel, and a relative by marriage of Capt. Evan Crebbin, of Bradda East, also a master in the employ of the Langland's Company.
Taylor is also an elderly man, and has been twice married, but his present wife does not live in the Island, nor do any of his family.
The Langland Line have already lost two of their vessels, the Princess Victoria and the Princess Olga during the course of the submarine "blockade."
MACKENZIE, ROBERT MCCONACHIE (46), Winchman, Mercantile Marine, Son of the late George and Margaret Mackenzie; husband of Elizabeth Mackenzie (nee Fyfe), of 12, Shoe Lane, Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, Remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 19 August 1915
DROWNED.
WINCHMAN R. MACKENZIE. Robert Mackenzie, native of Aberdeen, was on the Princess Caroline when she was sunk an enemy submarine. He was well known about the harbour, where he was employed discharging coal boats for over 30 years. On the outbreak of war he joined a mine-sweeper, and at Peterhead had narrow escape from drowning, which resulted a serious illness. He was discharged by the Admiralty, and afterwards secured employment the Princess Carolina
Aberdeen Weekly Journal - Friday 20 August 1915
MACKENZIE. —Drowned off ss. ''Princess Caroline,'’ 13th inst., Robert Mackenzie, winch man, beloved husband Elizabeth Fyfe, 12 Shoe Lane, aged 47 years—deeply regretted.
Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 25 August 1915
NORTHERN MEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
Seaman ROBERT M'KENZIE(sic) Princess Caroline), Aberdeen, (photo)
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 19 August 1915
DROWNED.
WINCHMAN R. MACKENZIE. Robert Mackenzie, native of Aberdeen, was on the Princess Caroline when she was sunk an enemy submarine. He was well known about the harbour, where he was employed discharging coal boats for over 30 years. On the outbreak of war he joined a mine-sweeper, and at Peterhead had narrow escape from drowning, which resulted a serious illness. He was discharged by the Admiralty, and afterwards secured employment the Princess Carolina
Aberdeen Weekly Journal - Friday 20 August 1915
MACKENZIE. —Drowned off ss. ''Princess Caroline,'’ 13th inst., Robert Mackenzie, winch man, beloved husband Elizabeth Fyfe, 12 Shoe Lane, aged 47 years—deeply regretted.
Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 25 August 1915
NORTHERN MEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
Seaman ROBERT M'KENZIE(sic) Princess Caroline), Aberdeen, (photo)
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MCCOYD, WILLIAM (60), Steward, Mercantile Marine, Husband of Frances McCoyd, of 36, Wentworth St., Everton. Born at Belfast, Remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial
TAYLOR, THOMAS HENRY (58), Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine, Born in Isle of Man, Remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial
Tower Hill Memorial
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Tower Hill Memorial Photos: LiWD Archive
Tower Hill Memorial. Photo: W Sadler.
Isle of Man Examiner - Saturday 07 April 1917
DEATH OF MR. JOHN WATTERSON. The. death . took. place on Monday of Mr John Watterson, of the Little Plantation, Port St Mary, at the age of 42 years. Deceased, who was an able-seaman in the employ of the Langland Line of steamers, had not been well for some time past, and had been home about seven weeks. He was one of the crew of the Princess Caroline when that vessel was mined and sunk off the Orkney's on 13th August, 1915, - and two Southside men—Messrs Henry Crebbin (Ballafesson) and Thos. Taylor (Surby): —lost their lives. -The late Mr Watterson was highly respected. by. his fellow-workers. Sincere sympathy goes out to the widow and family in their sad bereavement.—The funeral takes place at Rushen Churchyard on Good Friday at 2 pm.
DEATH OF MR. JOHN WATTERSON. The. death . took. place on Monday of Mr John Watterson, of the Little Plantation, Port St Mary, at the age of 42 years. Deceased, who was an able-seaman in the employ of the Langland Line of steamers, had not been well for some time past, and had been home about seven weeks. He was one of the crew of the Princess Caroline when that vessel was mined and sunk off the Orkney's on 13th August, 1915, - and two Southside men—Messrs Henry Crebbin (Ballafesson) and Thos. Taylor (Surby): —lost their lives. -The late Mr Watterson was highly respected. by. his fellow-workers. Sincere sympathy goes out to the widow and family in their sad bereavement.—The funeral takes place at Rushen Churchyard on Good Friday at 2 pm.
