Dive Site Name: Lord Stewart                        Position: 50.29.35N  03.16.55W 

Type: Wreck            Tonnage: 1445     Length: 248ft       Cargo:

Date Lost: 16/9/1918      How Lost: Torpedoed by UB104  

Max Depth Seabed: 39m                     Depth to top of Wreck: 33m

Minimum Qualification: Deep Diver or Technical Diver    (Or Equivalent)

The wreck of The Lord stewart currently lies approximately 10 miles from Teignmouth. The wreck is still reasonably intact,  with some great examples of teak decking still clealry visible on the decks.

The Lord Stewart was built in 1905 in Sunderland. She left Cherbourg on 16/9/1918 in Ballast and was torpedoed at 19:05 on the port side by UB-104, Oberleutnant Bieber. She sank almost immediately with the loss of 1 Spanish seaman. The remainder of the crew survived on floating wreckage untilpicked up by a patrol boat and taken to Torquay. UB-104 went on to sink the Ursa the following day.For more information check out

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