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South Point

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner
1912 South Point Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.

Fate

The West Hartlepool-owned steamship South Point was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-28 (Georg-Gunther von Forstner), 60 miles west of Lundy Island, on March 27th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Philadelphia with bulk china clay and casks. No lives were lost. Master G.W.A. Newman.

 

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