SS Charleston Shipwreck 415

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Charleston SS was a 1,866grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship. On the 12th December 1917 when 30 miles West from the Smalls, Wales she was captured by German submarine UB-65 and sunk by bombs when on route from Cardiff for Berehaven with a cargo of coal. Two gunners taken as prisoners. Wreck is located around 60km south of Carnsore Point and measures 85m x 13m at a depth of 71m. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12762 https://www.infomar.ie/ CV17_04_415_SSCharleston_50cm