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Pontop

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1904 Pontop Peareth S.S. Co. Ltd.
1915 Rio Tiete Petersen & Co. Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by U-28 (Georg-Gunther Freiherr von Forstner) in the Bay of Biscay on March 28th, 1916. On a voyage from Barry for Alexandria with a cargo of coal.

 

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