100 years ago – the steam ship Boscastle was sunk on 7 April 1918 by U-111
SS Boscastle was built in West Hartlepool for E. Jenkins and Co., Cardiff. Her description at the launch in 1912 were as follows: “Length over all, 309ft.; breadth, 44ft. 9in.; and depth, 32ft. 1 in., with long bridge, poop, and top-gallant forecastle. The saloon, staterooms, captain’s, officers, and engineers...
