History
The SS Alice H. and Houtdijk SS left St. Petersburg in a Russian convoy to Rotterdam. when on August 18th, 1914, at 20 miles North of Dagerort in the Baltic sea, they both hit a mine and sunk.
Some 200 mines were just laid there by the German converted minelayer Deutschland between 17th and 18th August. 10 were lost on Alice H. (incl. the Captain and his wife) and 14 ...
Description
Eigenaar: Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Sophie H.” Rotterdam.
| Master | Smit, Jan Renze |
|---|---|
| People on board | 23 |
| Length | 325' 1 ½" feet (99.1 m) |
| Width | 47' 3" feet (14.4 m) |
| Draft | 15' 9" feet (4.8 m) |
| Tonnage | 3052 ton |
Status
Badewanne
Badewanne diving team is a non-profit organization representing a group of voluntary divers that have been documenting shipwrecks in the Gulf of Finland (known during WW II as “Badewanne”) for more than 20 years. They are a multitalented team with a broad skill set of underwater video, still photography, drawing & painting, 3D modelling, underwater engineering, marine biology and environmental sciences.