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{{short description| British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site }}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}{{unreferenced|date=November 2013}}{{Other ships|USS Maine}}>SS Maine{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=
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}} | SS Maine was a British steamship launched in 1905 as a 3600-ton cargo steamer with a triple-expansion engine. She was torpedoed and sunk on 21 November 1917 by UC-17, about {{convert|10|mi}} off Dartmouth. She sank "gracefully, upright and on an even keel"{{citation needed |date=August 2013}} and sits on shingle {{convert|36|m}} deep at {{coord|50|12.750|N|3|50.955|W|display=inline,title}}.The Torbay British Sub-Aqua Club bought the wreck for £100 in 1962 and salvaged the bronze propeller, selling it for £800. The propeller was proudly displayed on a plinth outside Safeway supermarket in Paignton town centre, until the redevelopment of the site in the early 2000s. The propeller was being sold for scrap, but was rescued by a farmer and now is in a field in Kingsteignton. See also {{November 1917 shipwrecks}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maine}}{{Underwater-diving-stub}}{{ship-stub}} 5 : Wreck diving sites in the United Kingdom|World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel|Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I|Maritime incidents in 1917|1905 ships |