Protesilaus (1910)

Builder:
R&W Hawthorn, Leslie &
Company Ltd.
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1910
Launched:
October 28, 1909
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
January 1910
Fate:
Damaged Jan. 21, 1940 by a mine laid by U-28 (Kapitänleutnant Günther Kuhnke).

Sank in shallow water, raised in Sept. 1940.

Intended for use as a blockship at Scapa Flow, but began taking on water while under tow.

Sunk by gunfire on Sept. 13, 1940.

Location: North Atlantic, 14 miles west x south from Balephuil, Isle of Tiree, Scotland.
(56.22N - 07.15W)

No casualties.


Builder's Data
Page published June 29, 2013