However, there are still some fair lengths of bent, flattened and twisted copper piping and large brass valves, etc., to be seen, as well as a number of complete brass portholes. Humber Divers probably still hold a salvage contract on her interesting cargo, the majority of which has now been removed.

A section of bridge structure is attached to the forward half, although it is now collapsed. The wreck is standing upright, but broken into two halves, with about a 30m gap between the bows section and the stern half, where the boilers and engine/machinery, etc., are located. She lies on a seabed of shell and stones, in a general depth of 20m, being the lowest astronomical depth. The wreck is orientated in a west, northwest to east, southeast direction 115/295-degrees, with her bows to the southeast. Underwater visibility is generally poor and dredging often takes place in the immediate vicinity of the wreck. This is still a good dive at a depth suitable for most sport-divers, however tidal streams are confusing and quite strong. The highest parts of the wreck at each end stand 5.4m high, but a fair proportion of her has collapsed. However, this wreck should be treated with the utmost respect in honour of those two men who were killed and lost with the ship. Nothing has been reported about this vessel’s brass pedestal-mounted-steering-helm and telegraph being recovered to-date, or the stern positioned iron steering helm. They also sank the DROMORE CASTLE and the Greek steamer STEPHANOS CHANDRIS. The 2nd E-boat Flottille and forty German aircraft on 29 and 30 November laid the mines. Two out of her fifty-four crewmen were killed when the mine detonated, but the six passengers on board, survived unhurt. She was carrying a general cargo, which included an unspecified amount of explosives.

On 21 December 1941 the steamer was on passage from London & Immingham for Hong Kong when she detonated a German laid mine, foundered and was lost. of Edinbugh acquired the vessel in April 1932 and renamed her BENMACDHUI II. in Liverpool and renamed ARCHIMEDES and the new managers then became Lamport & Holt Ltd. In May 1912 she was sold to the Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. Her single, probably bronze, propeller was powered by a 2,800ihp, 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that used three 3SB 9CF boilers and gave her a service speed of 12.5-knots. Barrie & Sons of Dundee managed the new ship. built her at Port Glasgow as Yard No.-620 in 1911 and launched her as the DEN OF AIRLIE for the Steam Ship Den of Airlie Co. The BENMACDHUI II, Official No-123336 was a steel hulled 6,869-ton British merchant steamship that was registered at the port of Liverpool and had dimensions measuring: 132.28m by length, a 16.45m-beam and a draught of 10.66-metres. Location: 15.26-nautical miles ENE from Spurn Point BENMACDHUI II, ex ARCHIMEDES, ex DEN OF AIRLIE

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