SS Maine

For other ships with the same name, see USS Maine.

SS *Maine*
History

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" and sits on shingle 36 metres (118 ft) at 50°12.750′N 3°50.955′W / 50.212500°N 3.849250°W / 50.212500; -3.849250Coordinates: 50°12.750′N 3°50.955′W / 50.212500°N 3.849250°W / 50.212500; -3.849250.

The Torbay British Sub-Aqua Club bought the wreck for £100 in 1962 and salvaged the bronze propeller, selling it for £800.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1917

Shipwrecks	1 Nov: SM UC-63 3 Nov: SM UC-65 4 Nov: USS Empress, SMS G37 5 Nov: USS Alcedo 11 Nov: HMS M15 13 Nov: Ardmore 16 Nov: Alfredo Cappellini 17 Nov: USS Chauncey, SM U-58, SM UC-51 18 Nov: HMS K1, SM UC-47 21 Nov: Maine 24 Nov: SM U-48 27 Nov: Eastfield 29 Nov: SM UB-61 Unknown date: SM UC-57, Tolo

Other incidents	18 Nov: HMS K4 26 Nov: RFA Crenella

1916 1917 1918 October 1917 December 1917

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