RMS Justicia [+1918] WRECK

RMS Justicia [+1918] WRECK
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RMS Justicia [+1918]

 
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nationality:
dutch
purpose: transport
type of wreck: ocean liner
propulsion: steamer
date built: 1914
details wreck
weight (tons): 32234  grt
dimensions (m): 225,7x26,3x13,1
engine: 2 x triple expansion engines & L.P. turbine, 12 boilers, twin shafts
power:  
speed: 18  knots
about the loss
cause lost: torpedo
date lost: 19/07/1918  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties:
about people
builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Glasgow
owner: [1] Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Mij. N. V. (N.A.S.M., Holland-Amerika Line, H.A.L.), Rotterdam
[2] British Royal Navy
captain:
about the wreck
depth (m): 70 max. / 60 min.
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entered by: Allen Tony
entered: 07/10/2005
last update: Lettens Jan
last update: 06/07/2009
 
 
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system:WGS84
division:1'=1000
accuracy:good 40m~100m
remarks:Method: Global Positioning System Quality: Surveyed Accuracy: 3 m
updater:Lettens Jan 
update:01/10/2009
ref. used: UK Hydrographic Office
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Lettens Jan06/08/2007

WK stands 10 metres high in 70 metres. Huge Wk but very broken. Lies on port side and has opened outwards. Decks have partially collapsed downwards. Has three huge propellors and boilers lie in pairs. Some portholes are 1m x 0.5 across.

Lettens Jan01/10/2009

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Chipchase Nick06/07/2009

Most refs. state triple shaft not two.
ref. used: Various

Allen Tony13/11/2007

Justicia RMS was managed by the White Star Line as a Royal Mail steamship. Built by Harland & Woolf of Belfast as the ''Staterdam'' for the Holland Amerika Line and launched in 1914. Measures 225,68x26,31x13,13 metres and weigh in at 32,234 Gross Tons. Bound for Liverpool from New York in ballast she was torpedoed several times by UB-64 and badly damaged. Out of a crew of 600 only 16 were lost. One of the attacking U-Boats was sunk by HMS Marne at 55.43N 07.51W Whilst under tow the following day she was torpedoed by UB-124 when 11 miles NNW of Inishtrahull and sunk.
ref. used: His Majesty'S Stationary Office, British Merchant Shipping (Losses) WW1

Lettens Jan01/10/2009

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