SS ''Eastfield'' was a 2,150-ton armed steamship which was torpedoed by the German

U-boat U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare ro ...

on 27 November 1917. The wreck sits intact at at a depth of off

Mevagissey Mevagissey (; kw, Lannvorek) is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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. The cargo of coal can be found scattered on the sea bed nearby. The ship was built by Osbourne, Graham & Company of Sunderland in 1901, and owned by The Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.

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