Cymric (schooner)
Cymric was a British and Irish schooner, built in 1893. She joined the South American trade in the fleet of Arklow, Ireland, in 1906. She served as a British Q-ship during the First World War; she failed to sink any German U-boats, but did sink a British submarine in error.
Cymric | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cymric |
| Builder | William Thomas and Sons |
| Launched | 1893 |
| Ireland | |
| Owner | Captain Richard Hall of Arklow |
| Acquired | 1906 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Acquired | c.1915 |
| Ireland | |
| Owner | Halls of Arklow |
| Acquired | c.1919 |
| Fate | Vanished with all hands in 1944 during World War II |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iron barquentine |
| Tonnage | 228 grt |
| Length | 123 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail, Auxiliary motor fitted in World War I |
| Sail plan | Three masted |
After the war, she returned to the British and, later, the Irish merchant service. In Ringsend, Ireland, she collided with a tram, her bowsprit smashing through the tram's windows. In 1944, during the Second World War, sailing as a neutral, she vanished without trace with the loss of eleven lives.
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