SS Aros Castle (1901-1917) SS Aros Castle was a British cargo ship built in 1901 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. The steamer of 5,739 tonnes was owned, at the time of her loss during WW1, by the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd., London.
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SS Gasconia (1915-1917) British cargo vessel, SS Gasconia, was built by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1915. The Gasconia was owned by Walford L. & Co., London, at the time of her loss during WW1.
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SS Prophet (1911-1917) SS Prophet was a British cargo ship built in 1911 by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Willington. At the time of her loss a century ago, the Prophet was owned by John Gaff & Co., Glasgow.
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The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society welcomes the BBC’s acknowledgement of the Merchant Navy’s contribution during its coverage of yesterday’s Ceremony of Remembrance. Source: BBC The acknowledgement comes during the year of the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the convoy system during WW1. By the beginning of May 1917, Britain had lost over a thousand […]
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SS Ballogie (1889-1917) SS Ballogie was a British merchant ship built in Sunderland in 1889 by Short Brothers Ltd. At the time of her loss 28 years later, the Ballogie was owned by Davidson J. & A. Ltd., Aberdeen.
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SS Suntrap (1904-1917) British cargo vessel SS Suntrap was built in 1904 by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. At the time of her loss during WW1, the steamer of 1,353 tonnes was owned by Gas Light & Coke Co., London.
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SS Jessie (1901-1917) British cargo vessel, SS Jessie, was built in 1901 by Mcknight S. M. & Co., Ayr and was owned at the time of her loss by South Shield Steamship Co. Ltd., Grangemouth.
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SS Estrellano (1910-1917) SS Estrellano was a British cargo vessel built in 1910 by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd., Leith. In 1917, at the time she was lost, the steamer of 1,161 tonnes was owned by Ellerman Lines Ltd., Liverpool.
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Date Name of Ship Merchant/Fishing Gross Tonnes 1 October Normanton Merchant 3,862 1 October Carrabin Merchant (S.V) 2,739 1 October Mersario Merchant 3,847 1 October Ludovicos Merchant (S.V) 50 2 October Almora Merchant 4,385 2 October Lugano Merchant 3,810 2 October Nuceria Merchant 4,702 2 October Willing Boys Fishing (Smack) 51 3 October Hurst Merchant […]
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SS Sapele (1904-1917) SS Sapele was a British cargo ship built in 1904. The steamer was built by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and at the time of her loss a century ago, she was owned by the Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool.
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