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  • German Submarine U-130

    On This Day (4th March) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Ger-y-Bryn (1941-1943)

    The SS Ger-y-Bryn was a British cargo steamer of 5,108 tons, which, whilst on route from Lagos and Gibraltar for Hull, was torpedoed by German submarine U-130 and wrecked at sea on 6 March, 1943.

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  • SS Seminole

    On This Day (26th February) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Seminole (1915-1943)

    The SS Seminole was an American iron cargo ship of 2,557 tons, which, whilst on route from New York to San Domingo with general cargo, was lost after running aground three miles from the entrance of Yuma Bay, southeast side San Domingo, Dominican Republic, and wrecked in the Oran on 27 February, 1943.

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  • SS Empire Trader

    On This Day (19th February) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Empire Trader (1908-1943)

    The SS Empire Trader was a British passenger ship of 9,990 tons, which was torpedoed by U-92 north of the Azores and wrecked in the North Atlantic on 21 February, 1943.

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  • SS Greylock

    On This Day (2nd February) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Greylock (1921-1943)

    The SS Greylock was an American cargo ship of 7,460 tons, which was torpedoed by German submarine U-255 and wrecked at sea on 3 February, 1943.

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  • SS Samouri

    On This Day (26th January) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Samouri (1943-1944)

    The SS Samouri was a British cargo ship of 7, 219 tons, which, whilst on route from Bombay to Aden and New York, was torpedoed by U-188 and sunk in the Arabian Sea on January 26, 1944.

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  • SS Eurylochus

    On This Day (21st January) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Eurylochus (1912-1940)

    The SS Eurylochus was a British cargo ship of 5,723 tons, which was torpedoed by German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran and sank west of Sierra Leone, on January 22, 1940.

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  • SS Dalemoor

    On This Day (14th January) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Dalemoor (1922-1945)

    The SS Dalemoor was a British cargo ship of 5,796 tons, which, whilst on route from Antwerp to the Thames, struck a mine on its ballast and sunk in the North Sea on January 15, 1945.

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  • SS Etrib

    On This Day (19th June) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Etrib (1919-1942)

    At 58 minutes past midnight on 19 June 1942, U-552 fired a spread of two torpedoes at two overlapping freighters in convoy HG-84 about 400 miles west of Corunna, Spain. The SS Etrib and the SS Pelayo sank after being hit by one torpedo each.

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  • On This Day (19th June) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS Etrib (1919-1942)

    At 58 minutes past midnight on 19 June 1942, U-552 fired a spread of two torpedoes at two overlapping freighters in convoy HG-84 about 400 miles west of Corunna, Spain. The SS Etrib and the SS Pelayo sank after being hit by one torpedo each.

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  • SS British Grenadier

    On This Day (5th June) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

    SS British Grenadier (1922-1941)

    At 22.52 hours on 5 June, 1941, the unescorted SS British Grenadier was hit amidships by a torpedo from U-103, while steaming on a zigzag course southwest of Freetown.

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