More information : Wreck Site and Archaeological Remains:
Vertical Datum: LAT (1) Quality of Depth: D (1)
Formerly identified as possibly the GLOW (now thought to lie nearby). (1)
03-DEC-1975: Not located during survey (Risdon Beazley Marine Ltd., 13- NOV-1975). (1)(5)(6)
01-AUG-1984: Wreck located and dived. Stands 9m high in general depth 42m (HWS) (P J Lassey, 19-JUL-1984). (1)(5)(6)
24-FEB-1993: Wreck, nicknamed "Helicopter", located in 54 22 29.5N, 000 22 32.0W using GPS (A C Jackson, 09-FEB-1993). (1)(5)(6)
03-AUG-1997: Examined in 54 22.306N 000 22.372W, swept clear 34.7m, foul 35.2m. Least echosounder depth 35m in general depth 43m. No scour. DCS3 height 8m. Length 101m, width 17m. Lies 179/359 degrees. Strong magnetic anomaly. Upright and decomposed. (5)(6)
31-MAR-2009: Identified as SOUTHBOROUGH by machinery details, measurements, cargo, size and length, position of loss, damage and artefacts recovered. (5)(6)
Position given as 54 22.510N 000 22.620W, 5 miles ESE of Ravenscar or 2.75 miles from the nearest land. (2)
'The wreck, believed to be that of the GLOW, is reported to be orientated in a south to north direction, on a seabed of fine sand, shell, stone, mud and rocks in a general depth of 43m, being the lowest astronomical depth. She is quite substantial, standing upright and eight metres high in the midships section around her boilers and engine. However, most of the wreck has collapsed, is well broken up and decayed, with the engine and boilers now exposed and surrounded by a mountain of debris.' (2)
Charted as GLOW (PROBABLY) as at 2006. (3)
Located approximately 5 miles SE of the South Cheek, Robin Hood's Bay. (4)
Charted without qualification as the SOUTHBOROUGH (5)(6) and seen to be located approximately 4.5 nautical miles or 5.25 miles SE of the South Cheek, Robin Hood's Bay. (6)
Seen to be located approximately 5.25 miles SE of the South Cheek, Robin Hood's Bay, and approximately 2.75 miles from the nearest land, the promontory south of Hayburn Wyke, consistent with (2). (7)
A brass porthole, with a diameter of 11 3/4", recovered from the wreck of the SOUTHBOROUGH in 54 22.489N, 000 22.525W. (Droit 256/03) (18)
Wreck Event and Documentary Evidence:
'Ex. ANERLEY. Torpedoed on the starboard side of the forward bunker at 1.43 p.m, by the German submarine UB-110, in a position given as 4-5 miles from Ravenscar. She was in convoy at the time, and sank almost at once, killing 30 crew, including the master and possibly the pilot being carried. The eight survivors were picked up by an escort vessel and landed at Middlesbrough.' (8)
Voyage details given as Dover to Middlesbrough. (8)
A British vessel of 3709 tons which was torpedoed by a submarine without warning on 16-JUL-1918, 5 miles NE by 0.5 E of Scarborough. 30 men died including the master. (9)
A British vessel of 3709 tons which was sunk by a submarine on 16-JUL-1918, 5 miles N by 0.5 E of Scarborough. She was en route from La Goulette to the Tees with iron ore. (10)(12) 30 lost including the master. (12)
'The steamship SOUTHBOROUGH was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine five miles N x E 0.5 E of Scarborough on July 16th, 1918. The captain and 29 men were lost.' (11)
Described as a "steel schooner", laden with 5000 tons of iron ore when torpedoed and sunk by UB-110 4 to 5 miles off Ravenscar; her home port was Sydney, New South Wales. (13) [NB: The entry for this vessel may refer to the site at 909177 formerly suggested as the SOUTHBOROUGH and regarded as unidentified as at 2012.]
Dimensions: 3,709 tons, 105.6m x 15.5m. (14)
Built as British cargo vessel ANERLEY, 1910; renamed SOUTHBOROUGH 1913; torpedoed 5 miles N x E half E from Scarborough by UB-110 en route from La Goulette for the Tees with iron ore, on 16-JUL-1918. (14)
Owned by Una Ltd. in London from first building, and renamed SOUTHBOROUGH on purchase by the Hazelwood Shipping Co. Ltd. in 1913. (15)
16-JUL-1918: Torpedoed by UB-110, Werner Fuerbringer, 5 miles N x E half E of Scarborough, La Goulette for the Tees with iron ore, with the loss of 30 lives. (16)
The dead from the SOUTHBOROUGH are commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London. (17)
NB: Her nationality is given as British in sources (9) and (10), which were contemporary sources, and this also explains the vessel's inclusion in source (11). Source (8) also gives this nationality, but states her home port as being Sydney, New South Wales, while source (15) states ownership as in Sydney, NSW [which may also be the vessel's home port, but this does not necessarily follow.] The vessel has therefore been indexed as both British and Australian.
See 909177 for the site thought to be the probable remains of the SOUTHBOROUGH.
Built: 1910 (8)(11)(12)(13)(14)(16) Builder: Sunderland Ship Building Company Limited (8)(11)(13)(14)(16) Where built: Sunderland (8)(14)(16) Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine (8)(11)(13) Cylinders: 24.5, 40 and 66-45 (13) Horsepower: 314 (8)(11) Boilers: 2 (8) Armament: 1 x 9 mm stern gun (8) Machinery: North East Marine Engineering Company Limited, Sunderland (8)(13) Construction: 1 deck; poop deck 34 feet; bridge deck 104 feet; forecastle 32 feet (8) Official No.: 129147 (15) Master: W H Eade (8) Crew: 37 (8) Passengers: 1 (8) Lost: 30 (8)(11) Owner: The Hazelwood Shipping Company Limited (8)(11)(12)(15); owned by Humphries (Cardiff) Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales (12); The Hazelwood Shipping Co. Ltd. (Humphries, Cardiff), Sydney, New South Wales (16)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: LR 1915-16 No 1723(S); PRO (TNA) Kew ADM 137/2964; SYC p162
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