the ship making her the first British naval loss of the war. A German tug took the crew away as internees. The British Consul-General in Antwerp was informed and he in turn notified the British Admiralty. The information was passed on to Lloyd's of London. When the news of the ship's sinking arrived to Britain four days later, on 7 August, Britain was already at war with Germany. Most of her 44-strong crew were from Tyneside, with three or four believed to be from London. Her Master was Captain CH Williams of Cardiff. The crew was interned and had to survive on raw herring for two days until they were transferred to Ruhleben internment camp.San Wilfrido carried a Marconi Company wireless telegraphy installation. Ben Baxter, one of her wireless operators, made a model ship of San Wilfrido while interned, and after the war he submitted it to the Ruhleben Exhibition at Central Hall Westminster. The model is now in the collections of the Imperial War Museum in London. The wreck was removed from Cuxhaven in September 1920. See also , the first British merchant ship to be sunk by a submarine after war had been declared. References External links – article including photograph of either San Wilfrido'' or one of her sisters 1914 ships Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth Maritime incidents in August 1914 Ships sunk by mines Ships sunk with no fatalities World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea Steamships of the United Kingdom Tankers of the United Kingdom World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Tyne