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HMS Newmarket, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1907 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was an auxiliary minesweeper of 833 tons. On July 17th, 1917, HMS Newmarket was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-38 (Alfred Klatt), south of Ikaria Island (Greece), Aegean Sea. 70 persons were lost.
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 555
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Auxiliary minesweeper Newmarket – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4378.html (accessed 2.7.21).
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WRECKSITE – NEWMARKET MINESWEEPER (EX-PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP) 1907-1917 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?158985 (accessed 2.7.21).
