On this day (16th September) WW2 Shipwreckollections
SS Birtley (1923-1941) The SS Birtley was a British Cargo Ship built in 1923 by Wood, Skinner and Co. Ltd. in Newcastle Upon-Tyne. The ship was owned by Burnett Steamship Co. and was travelling between London and ‘The Tyne’ when it struck a mine and sank off the East Coast of England.
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