WWI SUNKEN SS GRANTLEY HALL ,1917, HIT BY A GERMAN MINE SHIP'S BELL

150 X 160 MM

SS Grantley Hall, built by IrvineÂÂÂ’'s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1902 and owned at the time of her loss by West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., was a British steamer of 4008 tons.

On December 23rd, 1917, Grantley Hall, on a voyage from Villaricos to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-4 (Walter Schmitz), 5 miles east of Orfordness. There were no casualties.

Grantleyhall was a 4.008grt defensively-armed British merchantship. On the 23rd December 1917 when 5 miles East from Orfordness, Suffolk, UK she hit a mine and sank.

British owned steam ship

Built in 1902

Weight 4008 tons

105.2 x 14.6 x 5.8 m

3 Cylinder triple expansion engine

306 n.hp

builder:

Irvine'S Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool (Sunderland)