WWI INTEREST: 18ct Gold Elgin Full Hunter Top Wind Pocket Wa...

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£1,200

WWI INTEREST: 18ct Gold Elgin Full Hunter Top Wind Pocket Watch with Subsidiary Seconds Dial: Working When Catalogued: Gross weight 109.9g.

Provenance:

The inside engraving refers to the awarding of the watch by Lever Brothers to W.G.Sturgeon of the ship S.S Sutlej for his services assisting the crew of the S.S. Delamare after being sunk by WW1 Geman U-Boat U-70.

"On April 30th, 1917, SS Delamere, on a voyage from Matadi to Liverpool, with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-70 (Otto Wünsche), 110 miles WxN of Fastnet. 10 persons were killed. "

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13625



https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_from_16-30_April_1917





https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/SM_U-70

"SM U-70 was a Type U 66 submarine or U-boat for the German Imperial Navy (German language: Kaiserliche Marine) during the First World War. She had been laid down in February 1914 as U-11 the final boat of the U-7 class for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German language: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) but was sold to Germany, along with the others in her class, in November 1914. "


https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1593.html