The wreck is reported to be lying on its side amongst an area of sandwaves whose crests rise up to10m in height.
Event and Historical Information:
The BOSTON CITY was a 2711gt, steel-hulled steamship built by Charles Hill & Son, Bristol, for the Bristol City Lines in 1917. Technical specifications are given as screw propulsion powered by a triple expansion engine. The ship was on passage from Bristol to New York when it was torpedoed by the German submarine U91 eleven miles west bearing 0.5 degrees north from St Anne's Head on 2 January 1918.
Sources include:
Boston City, uboat.net
Goddard, T, 1983, Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks, p.109
HMSO, 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, p.77
Larn and Larn shipwreck database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 January - 31 March 1918, p.9 (i)
SS Boston City, Wreck Site EU
U 91, uboat.net
U-Boat Project: Commemorating the War at Sea
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk).
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, April 2008.
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