▁making ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁British ▁naval ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁A ▁German ▁t ug ▁took ▁the ▁crew ▁away ▁and ▁made ▁them ▁prisoners . ▁ ▁The ▁British ▁Cons ul - General ▁in ▁Ant werp ▁was ▁informed ▁and ▁he ▁in ▁turn ▁not ified ▁the ▁Admir alty . ▁The ▁information ▁was ▁passed ▁on ▁to ▁Lloyd ' s ▁of ▁London . ▁When ▁the ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁s inking ▁arrived ▁to ▁Britain ▁four ▁days ▁later , ▁on ▁ 7 ▁August , ▁Britain ▁was ▁already ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁Germany . ▁ ▁The ▁ 4 4 - strong ▁crew ▁were ▁men ▁mostly ▁from ▁Ty ne , ▁with ▁three ▁or ▁four ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁London . ▁The ▁ship ▁was ▁capt ained ▁by ▁Captain ▁C . ▁H . ▁Williams ▁of ▁Card iff . ▁The ▁imprison ed ▁crew ▁had ▁to ▁surv ive ▁on ▁raw ▁her ring ▁for ▁two ▁days ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁intern ed ▁at ▁Ru h leben ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁camp . ▁Ben ▁B ax ter , ▁a ▁wireless ▁operator ▁of ▁San ▁Wil fr ido ▁made ▁a ▁mini ature ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁ship ▁while ▁intern ed ▁and ▁submitted ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Ru h leben ▁Ex hib ition ▁at ▁the ▁Central ▁Hall ▁of ▁West min ster ▁after ▁the ▁war . ▁The ▁model ▁is ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁collections ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁War ▁Museum ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁The ▁w reck ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁C ux h aven ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁ ▁E agle ▁O il ▁and ▁Sh ipping ▁Company ▁renamed ▁a ▁ship ▁they ▁had