SS ''Radaas'' was a 2524-ton cargo steamship. She was built by and launched in 1890 as ''Marstonmoor'' for Moor Lines. She was sold to a Greek company in 1902 and renamed ''Athos Romanos'', before being sold to Danish interests during the

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and renamed ''Radaas''. She was sunk by the German submarine ''UB-40'' under the command of Oberleutnant

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on 21 September 1917. She was 18 miles west of Portland Bill en route from Tyne to

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when the torpedo struck her in the port side. The wreck lies on a sandy bed at a depth of 30 m at .

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