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On this day (6th September) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Audax (1903-1918) SS Audax was a British cargo vessel built in 1903 by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde – Royal Schelde, Vlissingen. At the time of her loss during WW1, she was owned by Carr L. S., Newcastle.

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On this day (4th September) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Arum (1914-1918) British cargo vessel, SS Arum, was built in 1914 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend.

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Remembering British merchant ships sunk in August, 1918

Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 2 August Malvina Merchant 1,244 2 August Dornfontein Merchant (Motor) 766 3 August Warilda Merchant 7,713 4 August Clan McNab Merchant 4,675 5 August Freshfield Merchant 3,445 5 August Luz Blanca Merchant 4,868 6 August Clan Macneil Merchant 3,939 6 August Biruta Merchant 1,733 6 August Highland Harris […]

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On this day (28th August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Giralda (1887-1918) SS Giralda was a British merchant vessel that was built by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd., Sunderland in 1889 and was owned at the time of her loss during WW1 by South Metropolitan Gas Co., London. She was a steamer of 1,100 tonnes.

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On this day (23rd August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Australian Transport (1911-1918) SS Australian Transport was a British cargo vessel built in 1911 by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. At the time of her loss during WW1, she was owned by Houlder Bros & Co. Ltd., London.

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On this day (21st August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Diomed (1917-1918) British cargo vessel, SS Diomed, was built by Scott SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Greenock in 1917 and owned at the time of her loss by Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool.

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On this day (14th August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Wallsend (1917-1918) SS Wallsend was a British cargo ship built in 1917 by Wood, Skinner & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. At the time of her loss a year later, the steamer of 2,697 tonnes was under the ownership of Burnett Steamship Co. Ltd., also of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

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On this day (9th August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Glenlee (1918-1918) British cargo vessel, SS Glenlee, was built in 1918 by Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun and at the time of her loss in the same year, was owned by the Rio Cape Line Ltd., Glasgow.

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On this day (7th August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Biruta (1889-1918) SS Biruta was a defensively-armed British merchant ship built in 1889 by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time of her loss in 1918, the steamer of 1,733 tonnes was owned by the British Government, London.

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On this day (2nd August) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Malvina (1879-1918) SS Malvina was a British merchant vessel built in 1879 by Thomson, J. & G. Govan. At the time of her loss in 1918, she was owned by the London & Edinburgh Shipping Co. Ltd., Edinburgh.

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