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Apollo

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Apollo Cornhill S.S. Co. Ltd.
1913 Apollo Century S.S. Co. Ltd.
1915 Apollo Anglier S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The London-registered steamship Apollo was sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-39 in the Mediterranean on October 9th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

 

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