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United Kingdom | |
Name | Lady Cory-Wright |
Namesake | either Lady Mima Cory-Wright or Lady Elizabeth Cory-Wright |
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Builder | SP Austin & Son Ltd [4] [3] |
Yard number | 237 [3] [2] |
Launched | 4 August 1906 [2] |
Completed | September 1906 [2] |
Maiden voyage | 1906 |
Fate | torpedoed 26 March 1918 [4] |
General characteristics | |
Type | |
Tonnage | 2,516 GRT, 1,523 NRT [1] |
Length | 310.0 ft (94.5 m) [1] |
Beam | 44.1 ft (13.4 m) [1] |
Depth | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) [1] |
Decks | 1 [1] |
Installed power | 251 NHP [1] |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, single screw [1] |
Crew | 40 |
RFA Lady Cory-Wright was a cargo steamship that had been built as a civilian collier in 1906, became a mine carrier in 1914 and was torpedoed and sunk with significant loss of life in 1918.
SP Austin & Son Ltd of Sunderland built her in 1906 for William Cory and Son. [4] [3] She was named Lady Cory-Wright after either Lady Mima, wife of Sir Cory Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet or Lady Elizabeth, wife of Sir Arthur Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet.
In August 1914 the War Department requisitioned Lady Cory-Wright who used her as a mine carrier. [3] On 26 March 1918 she was in the English Channel steaming from Plymouth to Malta laden with a cargo that included 2,762 mines, 370 depth charges, 2,100 torpedo detonators and 1,000 primers B.E. [3] when the German submarine UC-17 torpedoed her about 14 miles off The Lizard. [4] [3] Lady Cory-Wright's Master and all but one of her crew were killed. [3]
After Lady Cory-Wright sank many of her mines were left floating in the area, and her one survivor reportedly was found clinging to a floating mine. In 2009 her wreck still contained many unexploded mines and detonators. [3]
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