British merchant steamer, SS Tremeadow, was built in 1905 by J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields. She was owned by Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. at the time of her loss.
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The merchant British steamer SS Manchester Inventor was built in 1902 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Newcastle. At the time of her loss, she was owned by Manchester Liners Ltd.
On 18 January 1917, on a voyage from St John, New Brunswick to Manchester, carrying general cargo, Manchester Inventor was captured and sunk by torpedo. She was lost 50 miles NW of Fastnet. The strike from a German U-boat captained by Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg thankfully took no lives.
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Sidney Worrall was badly injured in the attack on the Athenia in 1939, which killed 117 people, and passed his watch to a Canadian man, Gerry Hutchinson.
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SS Brentwood was built in 1904 by Austin S.P. & Son, Sunderland and owned by Cory Colliers Ltd.
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SS Brookwood, a merchant British steamer, was built in 1904 by Ropner & Son, Stockton-on-Tees. At the time of her loss, she was owned by Constantine Joseph.
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The merchant British steamer SS Allie was built in 1899 by Harkess W. & Sons Ltd., Middlesbrough.
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SS Wragby was built in 1901 by Ropner & Son, Stockton and owned by Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool at the time of her loss.
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SS Carlyle was a British steamer weighting 466 tonnes. She was built by Selby Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Selby in 1901 and owned at the time of her loss by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
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The merchant SS Ivernia was built in 1900 and commissioned as an auxiliary transport vessel. She was torpedoed and sunk 58 miles of Cape Matapan on 1 January 1917 when on her way to Alexandria.
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The SS Empire Javelin was a British war landing ship built by Consolidated Steel Corp. in Orange, Texas. She was owned by the British Royal Navy and was captained on her last voyage by Captain Mclean.
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